Athlete Awards
- Award:
- Senior Spotlight
- Week:
- 2/18/2019
- Sport:
- Men's Basketball
- Bio:
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Junior Philip Whittington helped the Flashes down Western and Eastern Michigan this week improving Kent State to 19-6 overall and 8-4 in league play. Whittington had back-to-back double-double performances giving him a total of seven this season and averaged 17 points for the week.
Against Western Michigan, the big man scored 17 points on 7-of-10 from the field and connected on 3-of-5 free throws. Whittington brought down a game-high 13 rebounds and also blocked two shots in the Flashes’ 82-63 victory over the Broncos.
In his game against Eastern Michigan, Whittington recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds and paced the Flashes to their 26 points in the paint. The junior shot 6-of-10 for the night and connected on 5-of-8 of his free throws.
On the season, Whittington increased his average scoring to 10.1 points per game and averages 7.9 rebounds per game. He paces the team with 33 total blocks.
Date | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 9/30/2020 | Taylor Pendrith | Men's Golf |
| 7/17/2020 | Kole Johnson | Men's Track & Field |
| 7/15/2020 | Clark Bookman | Men's Track & Field |
| 7/13/2020 | Bryce Ott | Men's Track & Field |
| 7/10/2020 | Ally Thompson | Women's Track & Field |
| 7/8/2020 | Brad Jones | Men's Track & Field |
| 7/6/2020 | Rachel Lannon | Women's Track & Field |
| 7/3/2020 | Vanessa Vodan | Softball |
