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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
5/11/2011 Jena Isaacson Women's Track and Field
5/2/2011 Roy Metter Baseball
5/2/2011 Tanner Fruit Men's Track and Field
4/25/2011 Andrew Haake Baseball
4/25/2011 Kirstie Hiatt Softball
4/12/2011 Cassie Keck Softball
4/12/2011 Jackie Ziemke Women's Track and Field
4/5/2011 Vanessa Gunawan Women's Tennis
4/5/2011 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
3/29/2011 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
3/29/2011 Dani Mowinkel Softball
3/22/2011 Mike Nowak Baseball
3/22/2011 Kirstie Hiatt Softball
3/14/2011 Dalton Jensen Wrestling
3/14/2011 T.J. Hepburn Wrestling
3/8/2011 Cassie Keck Softball
3/8/2011 Roy Metter Baseball
3/2/2011 Cornell Leffler Men's Track and Field
3/2/2011 T.J. Hepburn Wrestling
2/21/2011 Marissa Bongers Women's Track and Field
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