Ta'Kenya Nixon (2/7/2011) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Ta'Kenya Nixon

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

2/7/2011
Sport

Women's Basketball
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#Megan Gingerich# of women's indoor track and #Ta'Kenya Nixon# of women's basketball have been named the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Gingerich was selected to run in the seeded 800m race at the Notre Dame Meyo Invite last weekend where she placed 7th in the event. Her time of 2:10.96 in the race landed first on the Panthers career charts.

Nixon nearly averaged a double-double for the week as EIU beat SIU Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri. Nixon had her fourth double-double of the year on Thursday against SIUE. For the week she averaged 17 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists.

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Date	Athlete	Sport
11/12/2013	Stephanie Wallace	Volleyball
11/12/2013	Dino Fanti	Football
11/4/2013	Erik Lora	Football
11/4/2013	Marah Bradbury	Volleyball
10/28/2013	Jeff LePak	Football
10/28/2013	Stephanie Arnold	Volleyball
10/21/2013	Jimmy Garoppolo	Football
10/21/2013	Reynae Hutchinson	Volleyball
10/14/2013	Taylor Duncan	Football
10/14/2013	Austin Sproles	Men's Golf
10/7/2013	Meagan Radloff	Women's Soccer
10/7/2013	Stephanie Arnold	Volleyball
9/30/2013	Anthony Goodman	Football
9/30/2013	Cortney Jerzy	Women's Soccer
9/23/2013	Marah Bradbury	Volleyball
9/23/2013	Garet Christianson	Men's Soccer
9/16/2013	Erik Lora	Football
9/16/2013	Adam Drake	Football
9/9/2013	Jimmy Garoppolo	Football
9/9/2013	Mike Hesslau	Men's Cross Country