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
12/21/2009	Brooke Bowers	Women's Basketball
12/21/2009	Bryan Wright	Men's Basketball
12/14/2009	Veronique Laramee-Paquette	Women's Ice Hockey
12/14/2009	Joique Bell	Football
12/7/2009	Sara Franklin	Women's Swimming & Diving
12/7/2009	Jakub Gibczynski	Men's Fencing
11/30/2009	Brooke Bowers	Women's Basketball
11/30/2009	Jerry Oden	Men's Basketball
11/23/2009	Bryan Smothers	Men's Basketball
11/23/2009	Ashley St. Andrew	Women's Swimming & Diving
11/16/2009	Jerry Oden	Men's Basketball
11/16/2009	Gina Buquet	Women's Ice Hockey
11/9/2009	Kristi Werner	Women's Cross Country
11/9/2009	Mickey Mohner	Football
11/2/2009	Joique Bell	Football
11/2/2009	Ashley Corriveau	Women's Swimming & Diving
10/26/2009	Delayne Brian	Women's Ice Hockey
10/26/2009	Jimmy Lee	Men's Swimming & Diving
10/19/2009	Ryan Jonik	Football
10/19/2009	Sarha Gosselin	Volleyball