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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Ben Kendell

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    5/6/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Track and Field
  • Bio
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Senior track and field standout Ben Kendell (Huntington Woods, Mich.) earned his ninth career Horizon League victory in his final league meet, capturing the 5,000-meter run Sunday in record-breaking time. Kendell set a new Horizon League record in the event with a time of 14:23.94, breaking the old league mark set in 2006 by more than six seconds. Kendell was honored as the 2019 Horizon League Male Outdoor Athlete of the Year earlier in the week after a standout outdoor track and field season. Kendell has also qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Round in the 10,000m and is set to compete in Jacksonville, Fla. in late May.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/27/2017 Brianne Cohen Women's Basketball
2/20/2017 Lauren Webley Women's Lacrosse
2/20/2017 Artem Vasheshnikov Men's Tennis
2/13/2017 Liz Murphy Softball
2/13/2017 Ben Kendell Men's Track and Field
2/6/2017 Nicole Urbanick Women's Basketball
2/6/2017 Corey Allen Men's Basketball
1/30/2017 Nathan Ponton Men's Tennis
1/30/2017 Brianne Cohen Women's Basketball
1/23/2017 Carlton Sims Men's Track and Field
1/23/2017 Rosanna Reynolds Women's Basketball
1/16/2017 Jaleel Hogan Men's Basketball
1/16/2017 Lynda Brundige Women's Track and Field
1/9/2017 Chris Jenkins Men's Basketball
1/9/2017 Rosanna Reynolds Women's Basketball
1/2/2017 Jaleel Hogan Men's Basketball
1/2/2017 Anja Marinkovic Women's Basketball
12/12/2016 Algird Szumlas Men's Fencing
12/12/2016 Rosanna Reynolds Women's Basketball
12/5/2016 Jacob Whitting Men's Track and Field
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