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
1/17/2011	Sara Franklin	Women's Swimming & Diving
1/17/2011	Jakub Gibczynski	Men's Fencing
1/10/2011	Catherine Leix	Women's Swimming & Diving
1/10/2011	Mike Hollingsworth	Men's Basketball
1/3/2011	Delayne Brian	Women's Ice Hockey
1/3/2011	Ike Udanoh	Men's Basketball
12/20/2010	Bryan Smothers	Men's Basketball
12/20/2010	Tyler Hardy	Women's Basketball
12/13/2010	Tyler Hardy	Women's Basketball
12/13/2010	Mike Hollingsworth	Men's Basketball
12/6/2010	Jakub Gibczynski	Men's Fencing
12/6/2010	Ana Gonzalez Pena	Women's Swimming & Diving
11/29/2010	Stacey Waters	Men's Basketball
11/29/2010	Delayne Brian	Women's Ice Hockey
11/22/2010	Bryan Smothers	Men's Basketball
11/22/2010	Kristi Werner	Women's Cross Country
11/15/2010	Alyssa Baldin	Women's Ice Hockey
11/15/2010	Stefan Terleckyj	Football
11/8/2010	Katarzyna Sak	Volleyball
11/8/2010	Josh Renel	Football