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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Terrell Lewis

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/19/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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Cornell Johnston from men's basketball and Calvin Edwards from men's track were named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.

Johnston helped the Panthers win their ninth straight game as they swept road games over the weekend at Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State.  He scored 22 points in the win at MSU on Saturday and averaged 16 points for the week as he earned OVC Player and Freshman of the Week honors.  EIU climbed into the Mid-Major Top 25 poll for the first time since the 2001 season as EIU is ranked No. 23 this week.  Johnston is the only player to start all 18 games for EIU this season.

Edwards posted a first place finish for the EIU men as the opened the spring portion of their indoor schedule with a third place team finish at the Illini Classic. Edwards won the 400m with a time 48.32 which ranks 15th in the nation following last week's events. 


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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