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Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Haleigh Knapp

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/18/2016
  • Sport
    Women's Track
  • Bio
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Haleigh Knapp from women's track and Alvaro Hernandez from men's golf have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.

Knapp set the school record in the high jump by winning the event at the Illinois State Redbird Invite last weekend.  Knapp cleared 5'10.50" to pass the previous school mark by three quarters of an inch.  The height ranks first in the Ohio Valley Conference this season and seventh in the NCAA West Regional and 14th in the NCAA this season.

Hernandez posted the Panthers first individual top ten finish this season as he placed 8th at the Western Illinois Beu Mussatto Invite over the weekend.  He closed the tournament with an even par 72 as EIU finished in seventh place as a team.  Hernandez leads the Panthers in scoring average this season and has been EIU's top finisher in seven out of eight tournaments.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
5/14/2019 Dustin Hatfield Men's Track
5/14/2019 Tadiwa Mhonde Men's Track
5/1/2019 McKenna Coffman Softball
5/1/2019 Jekeel Suber Men's Track
4/24/2019 Dustin Hatfield Men's Track
4/24/2019 Rachel Papavasilopoulos Women's Tennis
4/17/2019 Avani Flanagan Women's Track
4/17/2019 Trey Sweeney Baseball
4/10/2019 Joe Smith Men's Track
4/10/2019 Freddie O'Brien Men's Tennis
4/3/2019 Spenser Dexter Baseball
4/3/2019 Pedra Hicks Women's Track
3/27/2019 Makenna Wilson Women's Track
3/27/2019 Daphne Chang Women's Golf
3/20/2019 Kendyl McKeough Softball
3/20/2019 Foster Anshutz Baseball
3/13/2019 Marcello Verdolin Men's Golf
3/13/2019 Mia Davis Softball
2/27/2019 Spenser Dexter Baseball
2/27/2019 Nick Harkins Men's Swimming
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