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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Blake Cover

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/26/2010
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Cover had a pretty good week ...

* On Monday, he was named UNK's Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year
* On Tuesday, his sixth inning homer at NW Missouri State marked his 180th run scored, breaking the school record (179, Mike Radcliff)
* On Wednesday, he was named the RMAC Academic Player of the Year (3.84 GPA in Business Administration)
* On Sunday, he became UNK's all-time leader in hits with a single to right field. The previous record was held by Travis Kerkman (252).

Cover finished the week batting .444, pushing his hit streak to 22 straight games. Finally, UNK has won nine in a row and 21 of its last 27 games.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/17/2024 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
12/17/2024 Crew Howard Wrestling
12/9/2024 Maggie Waddington Swimming
12/9/2024 Bailee Sobczak Women's Basketball
12/3/2024 Kia Wilson Women's Basketball
12/3/2024 Ja'Bryant Hill Men's Basketball
11/25/2024 Asha Regier Volleyball
11/25/2024 Zach Ourada Wrestling
11/18/2024 David Lilly Football
11/18/2024 Abby Rose Volleyball
11/11/2024 Ella Buhlke Women's Cross Country
11/11/2024 Maggie Waddington Swimming
11/4/2024 Quillan Felton Football
11/4/2024 Isaiah Harris Football
10/28/2024 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Cross Country
10/28/2024 Isaiah Harris Football
10/21/2024 Nick Abdalla Men's Cross Country
10/21/2024 Reagan Jones Football
10/14/2024 Calie Dockter Women's Golf
10/14/2024 Emilee Lane Volleyball
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