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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
1/25/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
1/25/2010 Kamarudeen (Marty) Usman Wrestling
1/19/2010 Megan Becker Women's Basketball
1/19/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
1/11/2010 Debi Johnson Women's Basketball
1/11/2010 Kamarudeen (Marty) Usman Wrestling
1/4/2010 Kamarudeen (Marty) Usman Wrestling
1/4/2010 Debi Johnson Women's Basketball
12/15/2009 Spencer Huff Men's Track and Field
12/15/2009 Kim Thissen Women's Basketball
12/7/2009 T.J. Hepburn Wrestling
12/7/2009 Cidnee Maggart Swimming
11/30/2009 Kelsey Lane Women's Basketball
11/30/2009 Josiah Parker Men's Basketball
11/25/2009 Josiah Parker Men's Basketball
11/25/2009 Heather Glodt Swimming
11/17/2009 Heather Glodt Swimming
11/17/2009 Rustin Dring Football
11/9/2009 Tanner Fruit Men's Cross Country
11/9/2009 Nikki Scott Volleyball
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