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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Sherman Blanford

  • 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
11/23/2015 Shakita Cox Women's Basketball
11/23/2015 Bradley Dewberry Football
11/16/2015 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
11/16/2015 Dino Fanti Football
11/9/2015 Kelsey Ferguson Women's Swimming
11/9/2015 Steve Fishman Men's Swimming
11/2/2015 Tray Mitchell Football
11/2/2015 Dino Fanti Football
10/26/2015 Taylor Smith Volleyball
10/26/2015 Mike Novotny Men's Soccer
10/19/2015 Allie Hueston Volleyball
10/19/2015 Devin Church Football
10/12/2015 Maddie Lyon Women's Soccer
10/12/2015 Addison Bounds Football
10/5/2015 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
10/5/2015 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/28/2015 Grace Summers Women's Tennis
9/28/2015 Stephanie Wallace Volleyball
9/21/2015 Hannah Miller Women's Soccer
9/21/2015 Devin Church Football
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