Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Katie Watson from softball and Paxson Menard from men's track have been named the Back To Health EIU student-athletes of the week.

Watson helped the Panthers sweep all four conference games over the weekend with solid power numbers at the plate.  Watson drove home eight runs with two doubles and a home run.  She added five runs scored and two stolen bases while going 8-of-14 at the plate (.571).

Menard picked up one of three first place finishes for the EIU track team as he won the 5,000 meter run under the lights at the Illini Twilight.  Menard paced a big field of competitors to win the event with a time of 14:28.13.  The time falls just short of cracking the EIU career top ten in the event.