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.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
1/1/2012	Ta'Kenya Nixon	Women's Basketball
12/19/2011	Sydney Mitchell	Women's Basketball
12/19/2011	Malcolm Herron	Men's Basketball
12/12/2011	Jade Riebold	Women's Indoor Track
12/12/2011	Mariah King	Women's Basketball
12/5/2011	Alfonzo McKinnie	Men's Basketball
12/5/2011	Jeremy Granger	Men's Basketball
11/28/2011	Ta'Kenya Nixon	Women's Basketball
11/28/2011	Joey Miller	Men's Basketball
11/21/2011	Kelsey Wyss	Women's Basketball
11/21/2011	Alfonzo McKinnie	Men's Basketball
11/14/2011	Erika Ramos	Women's Cross Country
11/14/2011	Jeremy Granger	Men's Basketball
11/7/2011	Chrissie Albers	Volleyball
11/7/2011	Lauren Doyle	Women's Rugby
10/31/2011	David Lawrence	Men's Golf
10/31/2011	Erika Ramos	Women's Cross Country
10/24/2011	Jimmy Garoppolo	Football
10/24/2011	Tayron Martin	Men's Soccer
10/17/2011	Erika Ramos	Women's Cross Country