Shaquille Cooper (9/14/2015) - Athlete Awards

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9/14/2015
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Football
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Cooper rushed for 263 yards in the 27-13 win over Northeastern State this past week in Hays. He earned MIAA AstroTurf Offensive Athlete of the Week honors for the second consecutive week for his efforts.

His 93-yard touchdown run with 2:19 remaining in the game broke a 13-13 tie. It was a new career-high for Cooper, who has now rushed for over 100 yards in five of his six career games at running back. The 263 rushing yards were fourth-most in a single game in FHSU history. He averaged 9.1 yards per carry in the game. He also added 22 receiving yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards on the night.

Through two games this season, Cooper has 426 rushing yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry. He has a total of 480 all-purpose yards over the two games.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
11/24/2015	Jon Inman	Men's Wrestling
11/18/2015	Megan Anderson	Volleyball
11/18/2015	Sie Doe, Jr.	Football
11/13/2015	Ari Jacobsen	Volleyball
11/13/2015	Anthony Calderon	Men's Wrestling
11/3/2015	Mallory Flagor	Volleyball
11/3/2015	Derek Kendall-Campbell	Football
10/29/2015	Shea Bonine	Women's Cross Country
10/29/2015	Cory Keehn	Men's Cross Country
10/23/2015	Treveon Albert	Football
10/23/2015	Abbie Flax	Women's Soccer
10/16/2015	Doyin Jibowu	Football
10/16/2015	Chelsea Jackson	Women's Cross Country
10/8/2015	Brock Long	Football
10/8/2015	Savannah McClease	Women's Soccer
10/1/2015	Jessica Babyak	Women's Soccer
10/1/2015	Alex Schmidtberger	Football
9/24/2015	Cassi Moosburger	Women's Soccer
9/24/2015	Anthony Hernandez	Men's Soccer
9/14/2015	Crystal Whitten	Volleyball