Jalen Whitlow (11/10/2014) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Jalen Whitlow

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

11/10/2014
Sport

Football
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Jalen Whitlow from football and Abby Saalfrank from volleyball have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.

Whitlow helped the Panthers win their fourth straight game as they improved to 5-5 on the season, 5-1 in the OVC. Whitlow passed for a career high 312 yards with three touchdown passes. He added one rushing touchdown with 20 yards on the ground. The junior directed the EIU offense to 104 plays (third most in school history) and 654 yards of total offense (eighth most in school history) during the 48-26 win over Murray State.

Saalfrank powered the EIU volleyball team to a pair of 3-0 sweeps at home against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State. The junior right side hitter had 34 kills during the two matches with a hitting percentage of .460 for the weekend. She added three assists and two service aces as EIU moves towards clinching a spot in the OVC Volleyball Tournament. Saalfrank was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
3/12/2012	Christian Slazinik	Baseball
3/5/2012	David Ciaglia	Baseball
3/5/2012	Jade Riebold	Women's Indoor Track
2/27/2012	Stefan Gorol	Men's Indoor Track
2/27/2012	Caitlin Napoleoni	Women's Indoor Track
2/20/2012	Stephanie Maday	Softball
2/20/2012	Jade Riebold	Women's Indoor Track
2/13/2012	Joey Miller	Men's Basketball
2/13/2012	Megan Gingerich	Women's Indoor Track
2/6/2012	Zye Boey	Men's Indoor Track
2/6/2012	Ta'Kenya Nixon	Women's Basketball
1/30/2012	Chantelle Pressley	Women's Basketball
1/30/2012	Sean Wiggan	Men's Indoor Track
1/23/2012	Emily Quinones	Women's Indoor Track
1/23/2012	Jordyne Crunk	Women's Basketball
1/16/2012	Michael Bower	Men's Swimming
1/16/2012	Mariah King	Women's Basketball
1/9/2012	Joey Miller	Men's Basketball
1/9/2012	Olga Livshits	Women's Swimming
1/1/2012	Mariah King	Women's Basketball