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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

A.J. Riley

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/25/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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A.J. Riley from men's basketball and Amina Jackson from women's track have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.

Riley scored the final eight points in overtime on Saturday at Austin Peay including the game winning lay-up wtih 0.3 seconds remaining as he finished with 18 points.  Riley was the Panthers leading scorer at Murray State on Thursday and has now scored in double figures in five straight games.  He has been to the free throw line 33 times in the last three games knocking down 26 as he ranks 9th in the OVC in free throws attempted this season.

Jackson helped the EIU women's track team win the home John Craft Invite on Saturday.  Jackson scored 28 points with a pair of first place finishes and one silver medal performance.  As an individual Jackson set the EIU Fieldhouse record for the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.32.  She placed second in the 400m dash.  As part of the 4x400m relay she ran the opening leg as EIU posted a time of 4:00.69.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/27/2014 Anthony Goodman Football
10/27/2014 Breanna Young Women's Rugby
10/20/2014 Emily Brelsfoard Women's Cross Country
10/20/2014 Jourdan Wickliffe Football
10/13/2014 Madison Carter Women's Soccer
10/13/2014 Allie Hueston Volleyball
10/6/2014 Mike Novotny Men's Soccer
10/6/2014 Meagan Radloff Women's Soccer
9/29/2014 Hannah Vieth Women's Rugby
9/29/2014 Nick Bruno Football
9/22/2014 Jalen Whitlow Football
9/22/2014 Hannah Miller Women's Soccer
9/15/2014 Kylie Morgan Women's Soccer
9/15/2014 Paxson Menard Men's Cross Country
9/8/2014 Abby Saalfrank Volleyball
9/8/2014 Maria Baldwin Women's Cross Country
9/1/2014 Dominic Recca Men's Soccer
9/1/2014 Adam Drake Football
6/2/2014 Mick Viken Men's Track
6/2/2014 Peter Geraghty Men's Track
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