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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
11/18/2013 Shelby Zimmerman Women's Basketball
11/11/2013 Kevin Carder Men's Cross Country
11/11/2013 Chase White Wrestling
11/4/2013 Ashley Leitner Volleyball
11/4/2013 MJ Massanet Volleyball
10/29/2013 MJ Massanet Volleyball
10/29/2013 Liz Damman Women's Cross Country
10/22/2013 Kellen Werner Football
10/22/2013 Tyler McKeone Football
10/15/2013 Lance Lawson Men's Golf
10/15/2013 Kevin Carder Men's Cross Country
10/8/2013 Romero Cotton Football
10/8/2013 MJ Massanet Volleyball
10/1/2013 Liz Damman Women's Cross Country
10/1/2013 Becka Talcott Women's Soccer
9/24/2013 Bronson Marsh Football
9/24/2013 Kevin Carder Men's Cross Country
9/18/2013 Ellie Pesavento Volleyball
9/18/2013 Ashley Leitner Volleyball
9/9/2013 Ashley Leitner Volleyball
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