Desmond Martin (9/15/2014) - Athlete Awards - Wayne State University Athletics

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Warrior of the Week

Desmond Martin

Award

Warrior of the Week
Week Of

9/15/2014
Sport

Football
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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
3/13/2017	Ziad Elsissy	Men's Fencing
3/6/2017	Lyndsay Butler	Softball
2/27/2017	Karrington Seals	Women's Track & Field
2/20/2017	Christina Green	Women's Basketball
2/13/2017	Elizabeth Rawlings	Women's Swimming & Diving
2/6/2017	Kasia Lachman	Women's Fencing
1/30/2017	Chuck Key	Men's Basketball
1/23/2017	Sasha Palazzo	Men's Swimming & Diving
1/16/2017	Ziad Elsissy	Men's Fencing
1/9/2017	Karrington Seals	Women's Track & Field
1/2/2017	Shannon Wilson	Women's Basketball
12/12/2016	Pati Palczynska	Women's Fencing
12/5/2016	Shannon Wilson	Women's Basketball
11/28/2016	Ronald Booth	Men's Basketball
11/21/2016	Lezlie Bueno Estrada	Women's Swimming & Diving
11/14/2016	Marcus Moore	Men's Basketball
11/7/2016	Elizabeth Rawlings	Women's Swimming & Diving
10/31/2016	Marcus Moore	Men's Basketball
10/24/2016	Romello Brown	Football
10/17/2016	Deiontae Nicholas	Football