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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Maria Baldwin

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/5/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Riley McInerney and Maria Baldwin from men's and women's cross country have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week. Both athletes turned in dominant performances last week at the Notre Dame Invite to win EIU student-athlete of the week for the second time this fall.

McInerney turned in a top performance as he placed third in the men's 5-mile run with a personal best time of 24:40.7.   McInerney helped pace the men's team to its best finish at the event since the 1970's as EIU was third behind Clemson and North Central College.  McInerney turned in his third top three finish this fall as he was less than one second behind the second place finisher.

Baldwin posted the fifth best 5K time in school history as the sophomore placed seventh in a strong field at the Notre Dame Invite.  Baldwin ran a time of 17:44.5 as she helped EIU place 8th in the field.  It was the second time in Baldwin's career that she has ran a sub-18 minute 5K.  The last time was at the 2014 OVC Championships where she earned second team All-OVC honors.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/18/2017 Anita Saffa Women's Track
1/16/2017 Allison Van Dyke Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Allison Van Dyke Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Ray Crossland Men's Basketball
10/31/2016 Lauren Oostman Women's Swimming
10/31/2016 Mike Novotny Men's Soccer
10/17/2016 Ruth Garippo Women's Cross Country
10/17/2016 Brendan McDonough Men's Soccer
10/4/2016 Alvaro Hernandez Men's Golf
10/4/2016 Riley McInerney Men's Cross Country
9/20/2016 Tyree Stone-Davis Football
9/20/2016 Emma Scaro Women's Soccer
9/13/2016 Mitch Kimble Football
9/13/2016 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/6/2016 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/6/2016 Hannah Heinz Women's Soccer
8/29/2016 Maggie Runge Volleyball
8/29/2016 Davis Wegmann Men's Soccer
5/16/2016 Brendon Allen Baseball
5/16/2016 Haleigh Knapp Women's Track
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