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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Mike Hesslau

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/9/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Jimmy Garoppolo from football and Mike Hesslau from men's cross country have been named the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Garoppolo helped the Panthers improve to 2-0 on the season passing for 440 yards and four touchdowns in EIU's double overtime win at Southern Illinois. He was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Week and the College Sporting News National Offensive Player of the Week.

Hesslau helped the EIU men's cross country team win its season opening Walt Crawford Open as he was the first place finisher in the meet. Hesslau ran an 8K time of 25:35.49 as EIU had three of the top five finishers in the race.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/17/2017 Lauren Oostman Women's Swimming
10/17/2017 Isaiah Johnson Football
10/10/2017 Sara Teteak Women's Soccer
10/10/2017 Allie Hueston Volleyball
10/3/2017 Scotty Gilkey Jr Football
10/3/2017 Nick Horne Football
9/26/2017 Scotty Gilkey Jr Football
9/26/2017 Mike Novotny Men's Soccer
9/19/2017 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/19/2017 Maggie Runge Volleyball
9/12/2017 Kate Olson Women's Soccer
9/12/2017 Anne Hughes Volleyball
9/5/2017 Mark Williams Football
9/5/2017 Dustin Hatfield Men's Cross Country
8/29/2017 Alex Castaneda Men's Soccer
8/29/2017 Allie Hueston Volleyball
2/6/2017 Kristen Paris Women's Track
2/6/2017 Kelly Iden Women's Tennis
1/23/2017 Riley McInerney Men's Track
1/23/2017 Erica Brown Women's Basketball
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