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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Ta'Kenya Nixon

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/6/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Zye Boey from men's indoor track and Ta'Kenya Nixon from women's basketball have been selected the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Boey won the 200m sprint event at the Notre Dame Meyo marking his fourth win in that event this year.  He was second in the 60m in a competitive field finishing 0.02 seconds behind the winner.  His winning 200m time was 21.12.

Nixon helped the Panthers win all three games last week as the junior averaged 18 points and four assists per game.  Nixon had a high of 24 points during the week.  EIU has won 12 straight games heading into the week.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/14/2015 Molly Hawkins Women's Soccer
9/14/2015 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
9/7/2015 Seth McDonald Football
9/7/2015 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
8/31/2015 Tyler Oliver Men's Soccer
8/31/2015 Kayla Nesbitt Volleyball
6/20/2015 Sabina Oroszova Women's Basketball
6/20/2015 Collin Seibert Football
6/12/2015 Terrell Lewis Men's Basketball
6/12/2015 Maria Baldwin Women's Track
5/18/2015 Norvel Mohammed Men's Track
5/18/2015 Ephraim Dorsey Men's Track
5/11/2015 April Markowski Softball
5/11/2015 Kristen Paris Women's Track
5/4/2015 Kylie Bennett Softball
5/4/2015 Norvel Mohammed Men's Track
4/27/2015 Demetre Taylor Baseball
4/27/2015 Annemarie Reid Women's Track
4/20/2015 Ephraim Dorsey Men's Track
4/20/2015 Bobby Wenthe Baseball
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