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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Jalen Whitlow

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/10/2014
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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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
5/1/2008 Tyler Brandon Baseball
5/1/2008 Chandra Golden Women's Indoor Track
4/1/2008 Sarah Coppert Softball
4/1/2008 Jeff Rutherford Men's Tennis
3/3/2008 Jake Byrne Men's Basketball
3/3/2008 Kandace Arnold Women's Indoor Track
2/1/2008 Obe Eruteya Men's Indoor Track
2/1/2008 Rachel Galligan Women's Basketball
1/2/2008 Maggie Kloak Women's Basketball
1/2/2008 Romain Martin Men's Basketball
12/2/2007 Laura Nilsen Women's Swimming
12/2/2007 Joe Laird Men's Swimming
10/31/2007 Ademola Adeniji Football
10/31/2007 Carrie Riordan Women's Golf
10/1/2007 Mick Galeski Men's Soccer
8/1/2007 Kellie Floyd Women's Soccer
8/1/2007 Donald Thomas Football
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