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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
9/20/2010 Jeri Walkowiak Volleyball
9/13/2010 Katlyn Heiserman Volleyball
9/7/2010 Ellie Pesavento Volleyball
9/7/2010 Rustin Dring Football
9/1/2010 Kyle Kaiser Football
9/1/2010 Becka Talcott Women's Soccer
5/17/2010 Sam Murphy Women's Track and Field
5/17/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
5/10/2010 Sara Wissing Women's Golf
5/10/2010 Luke Valerius Baseball
5/3/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
5/3/2010 Sam Murphy Women's Track and Field
4/26/2010 Blake Cover Baseball
4/26/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
4/19/2010 Jena Isaacson Women's Track and Field
4/19/2010 Kirstie Hiatt Softball
4/13/2010 Kristen Messbarger Women's Tennis
4/13/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
4/5/2010 Andrew Haake Baseball
4/5/2010 Sam Murphy Women's Track and Field
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