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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

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Amber May

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/1/2009
  • Sport
    Softball
  • Bio
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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
2/22/2010 Melinda Jackson Softball
2/15/2010 James Hollowell Men's Basketball
2/8/2010 Sydney Mitchell Women's Basketball
2/1/2010 Rich Waszak Men's Swimming
1/25/2010 Kandace Arnold Women's Indoor Track
1/18/2010 John Wilson Men's Swimming
1/11/2010 Lauren Zillmer Women's Swimming
1/4/2010 Ashley Thomas Women's Basketball
12/23/2009 Tyler Laser Men's Basketball
12/14/2009 Ta'Kenya Nixon Women's Basketball
12/7/2009 Edin Suljic Men's Basketball
11/30/2009 Maggie Kloak Women's Basketball
11/24/2009 Laura Nilsen Women's Swimming
11/16/2009 Jeremy Granger Men's Basketball
11/4/2009 Erin O'Grady Women's Cross Country
10/27/2009 Lorence Ricks Football
10/20/2009 Alex Harrison Men's Soccer
10/13/2009 Kevin Cook Football
10/1/2009 Rachel Hamilton Women's Soccer
10/1/2009 Jake Christensen Football
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