Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Kylie Bennett from softball and Cale Hennemann from baseball have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.  

Bennett was a force at the plate for the Panthers finishing the weekend with three home runs, six RBI and three runs scored as EIU competed at the Southern Illinois Coach B Classic.  Bennett was 5-for-11 for the tournament hitting .454.  She currently leads the Panthers with a .308 batting average.

Hennemann was steady at the plate for EIU as the Panthers battled No. 12 Arkansas in a three game series.  Hennemann drove home four runs during the weekend scoring three times as EIU upset the Razorbacks in the middle game of the series.  He was 4-for-11 at the plate for the week and leads the Panthers with a .385 batting average.