Rachel Hamilton (10/1/2009) - Athlete Awards - Eastern Illinois University Athletics

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Athlete of the Week

Rachel Hamilton

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Athlete of the Week
Week Of

10/1/2009
Sport

Women's Soccer
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#Jake Christensen# of football and #Rachel Hamilton# of women’s soccer were named the Eastern Illinois student-athletes of the month for September 2009. Each month during the school year one male and one female student-athlete are recognized for their outstanding performance in their sport.

Christensen, a graduate student quarterback from Lockport, Ill., has helped guide the Panthers to a 4-0 start to the season, the first for the program since the 1996 season. He was twice been named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week and once the OVC Offensive Player of the Week. He ranked 10^th in the nation in pass efficiency for the month of September throwing for 796 yards and eight touchdowns on 68-of-101.

Hamilton, a senior midfielder from Springfield, Ill., has been the Panthers leading scorer through the opening month of the season. The Panthers are off to a 4-4-4 start on the year with Hamilton accounting for eight points this season. She has scored three goals and added two assists to date. The four wins in the opening month of the season are one win higher than the entire win total posted by the 2008 EIU women’s soccer team.

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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
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2/9/2015	Ali Foster	Women's Tennis
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2/2/2015	Dhiaa Dean	Women's Track
2/2/2015	Grace Lennox	Women's Basketball