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
11/1/2010	Maureen MacDonald	Volleyball
11/1/2010	Stefan Terleckyj	Football
10/25/2010	Jeremy Jones	Football
10/25/2010	Jill Szandzik	Women's Ice Hockey
10/18/2010	Mickey Mohner	Football
10/18/2010	Cassie Chetosky	Women's Swimming & Diving
10/11/2010	Delayne Brian	Women's Ice Hockey
10/11/2010	Alex Townsend	Men's Cross Country
10/4/2010	Julie Ingratta	Women's Ice Hockey
10/4/2010	Eric Johnson	Men's Golf
9/27/2010	Zachary Easterly	Football
9/27/2010	Cydney Biessel	Volleyball
9/20/2010	Raleigh Ross	Football
9/20/2010	Kristina Goranskaya	Women's Tennis
9/13/2010	Toney Davis	Football
9/13/2010	Jen Rock	Women's Cross Country
9/6/2010	Josh Renel	Football
9/6/2010	Katarzyna Sak	Volleyball
5/24/2010	Joe Juszczyk	Men's Golf
5/24/2010	Rebecca Ryan	Softball