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Athlete Awards

Warrior of the Week

Desmond Martin

Desmond Martin

  • Award
    Warrior of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/15/2014
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Senior captain running back Desmond Martin (Redford, Mich. / Thurston) was named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week after leading the football team to a 41-31 win over #13 Carson-Newman. Martin set career-highs for rushing attempts (30), rushing yards (235) and rushing touchdowns (3) with two of his three scores coming in the decisive fourth quarter as WSU turned a 31-27 deficit into a 41-31 victory. Martin's 30 carries were the first time an opposing tailback rushed that many times against CNU since Northern Colorado's Billy Holmes ran 30 times for 136 yards in the 1996 national title game.  His 235 rushing yards were the most allowed by CNU to an opponent since Elon's Bobby Hedrick gained 252 yards on 36 carries on Nov. 17, 1979 (12,720 days, 408 games). In terms of the WSU record book, Martin's 235 rushing yards were the 13th highest total with Joique Bell having seven of the top 12 all-time marks (ranging from 252 to 318). The other five totals were by Toney Davis (326), Randy Holmes (314), A.J. Vaughn (271), Joe Gough (258) and Mike Stankovich (237).


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Date Athlete Sport
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11/22/2021 Taylor Wagner Volleyball
11/15/2021 Brandon Tuck-Hayden Football
11/15/2021 Sam Cherney Women's Basketball
11/8/2021 Ransom Allen Men's Cross Country
11/8/2021 Kamryn Duffield Volleyball
11/1/2021 Myren Harris Football
11/1/2021 Alexa Withun Volleyball
10/25/2021 Ransom Allen Men's Cross Country
10/25/2021 Jordan Fox Women's Swimming & Diving
10/18/2021 Avery Howard Women's Golf
10/18/2021 Julius Wilkerson Football
10/4/2021 Ashley Defrain Women's Cross Country
10/4/2021 Ramadan Dinkins Men's Fencing
9/29/2021 Brandon Tuck-Hayden Football
9/27/2021 Kamryn Duffield Volleyball
4/26/2021 Dillon McInerney Baseball
4/26/2021 Mikayla Williams Women's Track & Field
4/19/2021 Hunter DeLanoy Baseball
4/19/2021 Daniela Moreno Women's Golf
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