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
9/26/2011	Anne Li Briand	Women's Tennis
9/26/2011	Toney Davis	Football
9/19/2011	Jeremy Jones	Football
9/19/2011	Kristen Bulkiewicz	Volleyball
9/12/2011	Yahsha Moore	Women's Tennis
9/12/2011	Josh Mitroka	Men's Golf
9/5/2011	Troy Burrell	Football
9/5/2011	Kristina Goranskaya	Women's Tennis
5/9/2011	Eric Johnson	Men's Golf
5/9/2011	Alison Allen	Softball
5/2/2011	Caleb Dalman	Baseball
5/2/2011	Rebecca Stanley	Softball
4/25/2011	Billy Hurley	Baseball
4/25/2011	Sam Cain	Softball
4/18/2011	Alison Allen	Softball
4/18/2011	Oscar Gamarra	Men's Tennis
4/11/2011	Aman Gill	Men's Tennis
4/11/2011	Sharon Gill	Women's Tennis
4/4/2011	Steve Fedewa	Men's Golf
4/4/2011	Lauren McLaughlin	Softball