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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Derek Ericson

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/1/2008
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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CHARLESTON, Ill. – #Derek Ericson# from men’s cross country and #Rachel Galligan# from women’s basketball have been named the Eastern Illinois student-athletes of the month for November 2008.  Each month during the school year one male and one female student-athlete are recognized for their outstanding performance in their sport.
 
Ericson, a sophomore from Crystal Lake, Ill., was the Panthers top finisher at both the Ohio Valley Conference championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional.  Ericson earned second team All-OVC honors with an 8th place finish at the conference meet.  At the NCAA meet he placed 85th to lead the Panthers contingent.  He posted a time of 33:24:20 on the 10K course.
 
Galligan, a senior from Bloomington, Ill., helped the Panthers start the season with a 4-3 record including a second place finish at the University of Cincinnati tournament.  Galligan averaged 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds for the month. She helped spark EIU to a pair of home wins over 2008 NCAA Tournament teams Miami of Ohio and SMU.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/20/2010 Sean Molony Men's Soccer
9/13/2010 Coartney McKinney Women's Rugby
9/13/2010 Matt Feldhake Men's Cross Country
9/7/2010 Chrissie Albers Volleyball
8/30/2010 Alex Harrison Men's Soccer
8/23/2010 Sam Balek Women's Soccer
5/31/2010 Kandace Arnold Women's Indoor Track
5/24/2010 Richie Derbak Baseball
5/17/2010 Erin O'Grady Women's Cross Country
5/10/2010 Alex Gee Baseball
5/3/2010 Zye Boey Men's Indoor Track
4/26/2010 Kiley Holtz Softball
4/19/2010 Ian Winston Men's Indoor Track
4/12/2010 Jeff Rutherford Men's Tennis
4/5/2010 Mike Recchia Baseball
3/29/2010 Amber May Softball
3/22/2010 Denee' Menzione Softball
3/15/2010 Jaymie Voorhees Women's Golf
3/8/2010 Darren Patterson Men's Indoor Track
2/28/2010 Kandace Arnold Women's Indoor Track
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