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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
1/18/2017 Anita Saffa Women's Track
1/16/2017 Allison Van Dyke Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Allison Van Dyke Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Ray Crossland Men's Basketball
10/31/2016 Lauren Oostman Women's Swimming
10/31/2016 Mike Novotny Men's Soccer
10/17/2016 Ruth Garippo Women's Cross Country
10/17/2016 Brendan McDonough Men's Soccer
10/4/2016 Alvaro Hernandez Men's Golf
10/4/2016 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
9/20/2016 Tyree Stone-Davis Football
9/20/2016 Emma Scaro Women's Soccer
9/13/2016 Mitch Kimble Football
9/13/2016 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/6/2016 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/6/2016 Hannah Heinz Women's Soccer
8/29/2016 Maggie Runge Volleyball
8/29/2016 Davis Wegmann Men's Soccer
5/16/2016 Brendon Allen Baseball
5/16/2016 Haleigh Knapp Women's Track
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