Amber May (4/1/2009) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Amber May

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

4/1/2009
Sport

Softball
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#Mike Recchia# of baseball and #Amber May# of softball were named the Eastern Illinois student-athletes of the month for March 2009. Each month during the school year one male and one female student-athlete are recognized for their outstanding performance in their sport.

Recchia, a sophomore right handed pitcher from Crestwood, Ill, was outstanding during the month. He posted a 4-0 record in five starts including a win over nationally ranked Oklahoma. He worked 31 innings allowing only 3 earned runs with 30 strike outs. His ERA for the month was 0.87. He was named the OVC Pitcher of the Week once during March as EIU opened the season 5-0 in the OVC.

May, a sophomore right handed pitcher from Normal, Ill., was instrumental in EIU opening the OVC season with a 6-3 record. May posted a 9-5 record with one save with 72 strike outs in 95.1 innings of work in the circle. May’s ERA for the month was 1.84 which included a 10 inning complete game win over UT Martin.

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