Ta'Kenya Nixon (12/10/2012) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Ta'Kenya Nixon

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

12/10/2012
Sport

Women's Basketball
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Ta'Kenya Nixon from women's basketball and Mick Viken from men's track were named the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Nixon helped power the women's squad to home wins over Evansville and Sacramento State. Against Evansville she had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. In the overtime win versus Sacramento State she added 13 points and 7 rebounds.

Viken opened the 2013 track season in much the same fashion in which he closed the 2012 campaign. The junior easily won the pole vault by close to one and a half feet as he cleared 17'5" to break his own school record.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
10/17/2011	Alison Berens	Volleyball
10/10/2011	Ryan Child	Men's Soccer
10/10/2011	Kayla Heal	Women's Rugby
10/3/2011	Tavares Crawford	Football
10/3/2011	Jessie Morgan	Women's Soccer
9/26/2011	Reynae Hutchinson	Volleyball
9/26/2011	Evan Turner	Men's Soccer
9/19/2011	Scott Weatherford	Football
9/19/2011	David Lawrence	Men's Golf
9/12/2011	Bradley LaRocque	Men's Cross Country
9/12/2011	Olivia Klaus	Women's Cross Country
9/5/2011	Kayla Heal	Women's Rugby
9/5/2011	Nick Martinez	Football
8/29/2011	Kelsey Roggemann	Volleyball
8/29/2011	Will Butler	Men's Soccer
5/23/2011	Nick Priessman	Baseball
5/23/2011	Zach Borenstein	Baseball
5/16/2011	Kiley Holtz	Softball
5/16/2011	Pat Tortorici	Men's Indoor Track
5/9/2011	Darren Patterson	Men's Indoor Track