Shawana Smith (6/1/2009) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Shawana Smith

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

6/1/2009
Sport

Women's Indoor Track
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#Zye Boey# of men’s track and #Shawana Smith# of women’s track were named the Eastern Illinois student-athletes of the month for May 2009. Each month during the school year one male and one female student-athlete are recognized for their outstanding performance in their sport.

Boey, a redshirt freshman from Decatur, Ill., posted several top performances during the month of May helping EIU win the OVC Outdoor Championship while advancing to the NCAA Outdoor National Championships. Boey placed 5^th in the 100m dash at the NCAA Mid East Regional to earn a trip to the national meet. He also placed 8^th in the 200m dash at the regional to account for all five EIU points at the meet. His personal best in the 100m of 10.20 ranked him nationally in the 100m as he was named the OVC Track Athlete of the Year.

Smith, a redshirt junior from Chicago, Ill., was an anchor for the Panthers as they won the OVC Outdoor Championship. Smith swept the 100m and 200m sprints while running anchor on the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. At the NCAA Mid East Regional she helped the women’s 4x100 relay team place 5^th scoring the first ever NCAA Regional points for the squad. Smith set the school record for the 100m dash at 11.64 and placed 11^th in the 200m at the NCAA Regional meet.

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4/6/2015	Matt Wivinis	Baseball
3/30/2015	Annie Getzin	Women's Golf
3/30/2015	Danny Trevor	Men's Track
3/23/2015	Grace Summers	Women's Tennis
3/23/2015	Dylan Chatman	Men's Basketball
3/9/2015	Terrell Lewis	Men's Basketball
3/9/2015	Bailey O'Dell	Softball
3/2/2015	Bryn Buckwalter	Women's Track
3/2/2015	Norvel Mohammed	Men's Track
2/23/2015	Chris Olivier	Men's Basketball
2/23/2015	Sabina Oroszova	Women's Basketball
2/16/2015	Alece Shumpert	Women's Basketball
2/16/2015	Norvel Mohammed	Men's Track
2/9/2015	Ali Foster	Women's Tennis
2/9/2015	Ephraim Dorsey	Men's Track
2/2/2015	Dhiaa Dean	Women's Track
2/2/2015	Grace Lennox	Women's Basketball