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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
9/14/2015 Molly Hawkins Women's Soccer
9/14/2015 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
9/7/2015 Seth McDonald Football
9/7/2015 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
8/31/2015 Tyler Oliver Men's Soccer
8/31/2015 Kayla Nesbitt Volleyball
6/20/2015 Sabina Oroszova Women's Basketball
6/20/2015 Collin Seibert Football
6/12/2015 Terrell Lewis Men's Basketball
6/12/2015 Maria Baldwin Women's Track
5/18/2015 Norvel Mohammed Men's Track
5/18/2015 Ephraim Dorsey Men's Track
5/11/2015 April Markowski Softball
5/11/2015 Kristen Paris Women's Track
5/4/2015 Kylie Bennett Softball
5/4/2015 Norvel Mohammed Men's Track
4/27/2015 Demetre Taylor Baseball
4/27/2015 Annemarie Reid Women's Track
4/20/2015 Ephraim Dorsey Men's Track
4/20/2015 Bobby Wenthe Baseball
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