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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
12/7/2010 Sydney Mitchell Women's Basketball
11/29/2010 Curry McKinney Men's Basketball
11/29/2010 Mariah King Women's Basketball
11/15/2010 Mon Williams Football
11/15/2010 Chantelle Pressley Women's Basketball
11/8/2010 Chris Wright Football
11/8/2010 Alex Zwettler Volleyball
11/1/2010 Bradley LaRocque Men's Cross Country
11/1/2010 Olivia Klaus Women's Cross Country
10/25/2010 Ken Tiltges Men's Swimming
10/25/2010 Jimmy Garoppolo Football
10/18/2010 Ryan Child Men's Soccer
10/18/2010 Narissa Ramirez Women's Rugby
10/11/2010 Jessica Blake Women's Soccer
10/11/2010 Lauren Williams Women's Golf
10/4/2010 Olivia Klaus Women's Cross Country
10/4/2010 Kevin Cook Football
9/27/2010 Hillary Blake Women's Soccer
9/27/2010 Jimmy Potempa Football
9/20/2010 Kelsey Orr Volleyball
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