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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Alex Austin

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/24/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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Alex Austin and Sherman Blanford both from men's basketball have been named the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Austin was named the OVC Freshman of the Week for the second time this season following his games against Saint Louis and Drake.  Austin scored 17 points at SLU hitting 6-of-8 from the field and 3-of-3 from 3-point range.  He averaged 10.5 points for the week hitting 43 percent from 3-point range.

Blanford scored a career high 18 points at Drake on Saturday scoring 11 of EIU's first 14 points.  He was 8-of-10 from the floor in that game with seven rebounds.  For the week he averaged 12 points while shooting 58 percent from the floor.

EIU opens OVC play this Saturday at Tennessee State.


Athlete Awards
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
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