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
11/30/2015	Shannon Wilson	Women's Basketball
11/17/2015	Ashley Wilson	Women's Basketball
11/9/2015	Romello Brown	Football
11/2/2015	Drew Dowding	Football
10/26/2015	Hannah Moore	Volleyball
10/19/2015	Romello Brown	Football
10/12/2015	Jordan Andrus	Men's Golf
10/5/2015	Alexandra Lee	Women's Golf
9/28/2015	Hannah Moore	Volleyball
9/21/2015	Trent Brodbeck	Football
9/14/2015	Lairren Johnson	Football
9/6/2015	Andreea Mitrache	Women's Tennis
5/25/2015	Chelsea Johnson	Women's Track & Field
5/11/2015	Elizabeth Herriman	Women's Track & Field
5/4/2015	Devin Hentschel	Softball
4/27/2015	Lyndsay Butler	Softball
4/20/2015	Jeff Sorenson	Baseball
4/13/2015	Jade McGarr	Softball
4/6/2015	Jordan Andrus	Men's Golf
3/30/2015	Lyndsay Butler	Softball