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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).


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/15/2018 Tieler Houston Football
10/8/2018 Brendan Seys Men's Golf
10/8/2018 Dasha Kuznetsova Women's Tennis
10/1/2018 Nikolas Senkowski Men's Golf
10/1/2018 Linda Liong Women's Tennis
9/24/2018 Ethan Byrnes Men's Cross Country
9/24/2018 Anastassia Lee Women's Golf
9/17/2018 Darece Roberson, Jr. Football
9/17/2018 Meredith Weidner Women's Golf
9/10/2018 Ellie Rodriguez Volleyball
9/10/2018 Grant Haefner Men's Golf
9/3/2018 Ashley Defrain Women's Cross Country
9/3/2018 Leon Eggleston Football
8/27/2018 Hailey Richardson Volleyball
5/7/2018 Karrington Seals Women's Track & Field
5/7/2018 Jared Tobey Baseball
4/30/2018 Andreea Mitrache Women's Tennis
4/30/2018 Justin Kelly Baseball
4/23/2018 Nikolas Senkowski Men's Golf
4/23/2018 Karrington Seals Women's Track & Field
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