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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
11/6/2018 Scott House Men's Swimming
11/6/2018 Taylor Smith Volleyball
10/30/2018 Dustin Hatfield Men's Cross Country
10/30/2018 Itxaso Aguero Women's Soccer
10/23/2018 Bryce Dewberry Football
10/23/2018 Lindsey Carlson Women's Soccer
10/9/2018 Henar Urteaga Women's Soccer
10/9/2018 Christian Sosnowski Men's Soccer
10/2/2018 Jonathan Burke Men's Soccer
10/2/2018 Harry Woodbery Football
9/25/2018 Laurel Bailey Volleyball
9/25/2018 Kate Olson Women's Soccer
9/18/2018 Sara Teteak Women's Soccer
9/18/2018 Johnathan Brantley Football
9/11/2018 Daphne Chang Women's Golf
9/11/2018 Anne Hughes Volleyball
9/4/2018 Jaime Marcos Men's Cross Country
9/4/2018 Alexander Hollins Football
8/28/2018 Toby Andrews Men's Soccer
8/28/2018 Maggie Runge Volleyball
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