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

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
2/20/2012	Stacey Waters	Men's Basketball
2/20/2012	Stephanie Foreman	Softball
2/13/2012	Catherine Leix	Women's Swimming & Diving
2/13/2012	Andrey Seryy	Men's Swimming & Diving
2/6/2012	Olivia Dobbs	Women's Fencing
2/6/2012	Ike Udanoh	Men's Basketball
1/30/2012	Ian Larkin	Men's Basketball
1/30/2012	Kayla Scott	Women's Swimming & Diving
1/23/2012	Olivia Dobbs	Women's Fencing
1/23/2012	Hans Kaiser	Men's Fencing
1/16/2012	Juanita Cochran	Women's Basketball
1/16/2012	Ike Udanoh	Men's Basketball
1/9/2012	Kyle Taylor	Men's Swimming & Diving
1/9/2012	Carol Azambuja	Women's Swimming & Diving
1/2/2012	Ike Udanoh	Men's Basketball
1/2/2012	Paige Sickmiller	Women's Basketball
12/19/2011	Joe Long	Football
12/19/2011	Stefani Munro	Women's Basketball
12/12/2011	Juanita Cochran	Women's Basketball
12/12/2011	Josh Renel	Football