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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
4/2/2024 Rylan Basart Men's Track and Field
4/2/2024 Jakub Strzelecki Men's Tennis
3/25/2024 Alex Goracke Men's Track and Field
3/25/2024 Nicole Messbarger Women's Track and Field
3/19/2024 Abbie Jo Gaube Softball
3/19/2024 Nick James Wrestling
3/12/2024 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
3/12/2024 Brianna Russell Women's Track and Field
3/4/2024 Nick James Wrestling
3/4/2024 Aaron Osmond Men's Tennis
2/26/2024 Daniella Morillas Softball
2/26/2024 Brayden Sorensen Men's Track and Field
2/19/2024 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
2/19/2024 Maggie Waddington Swimming
2/12/2024 Charis Robinson Women's Track and Field
2/12/2024 Clare Plachy Women's Tennis
2/6/2024 Andy Brisdon Men's Tennis
2/6/2024 Alex Goracke Men's Track and Field
1/29/2024 Alex Goracke Men's Track and Field
1/29/2024 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
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