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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
9/4/2012 Tara Knowlton Women's Soccer
5/14/2012 Marty Molina Men's Track and Field
5/14/2012 Courtney Fegter Women's Track and Field
5/1/2012 Allen Osborn Men's Track and Field
5/1/2012 Tommy Barnes Baseball
4/24/2012 Al Sanabria Men's Track and Field
4/24/2012 Paul Pape Men's Track and Field
4/17/2012 Mike Loseke Baseball
4/17/2012 Bailey Backhuus Softball
4/10/2012 Becky Dunn Softball
4/10/2012 Kirstie Hiatt Softball
4/3/2012 Jena Isaacson Women's Track and Field
4/3/2012 Allen Osborn Men's Track and Field
3/27/2012 Reid Carter Baseball
3/27/2012 Dillon Schroeder Baseball
3/19/2012 Eric Ringblom Baseball
3/19/2012 Austin Wilson Softball
3/6/2012 Tommy Barnes Baseball
3/6/2012 Allie Frost Softball
2/29/2012 T.J. Hepburn Wrestling
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