Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Choose Awards Type All Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Joey Atkins Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 12/8/2023 Sport Men's Basketball Bio View Full Bio Daemen University graduate student Joey Atkins was named Male Athlete of the Month for November after kicking off his graduate season by being named East Coast Conference Preseason Player of the Year, as released by the conference prior to the season. Throughout six weeks of competition so far this season, Atkins has also picked up three ECC Defensive Player of the Week awards.  The 6-foot-5 forward has helped the Wildcats to a 7-3 record while averaging 12.3 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game. He scored a season-high 23 points against Western Washington in the season-opening D2CCA Canadian Tip-Off Classic in Vancouver, B.C., and pulled down a season-high 13 boards at Dominican. He helped the Wildcats to a 64-63 win over nationally ranked Mercyhurst on Nov. 15 where he played 29 minutes and totaled nine points, six rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block. Atkins has posted double-digit points in six of Daemen’s 10 games on the year. He has also helped the Wildcats to a seventh-place regional ranking in the Division II College Sports Communicators (D2CSC) East Region Basketball Media Poll for 2023-2024. Athlete Awards Date Athlete Sport 11/7/2017 Noah Keem Men's Soccer 11/7/2017 Jamie Boyar Women's Soccer 10/3/2017 Amber Custodi Women's Triathlon 10/3/2017 Kristian Aadnoy Men's Soccer 6/7/2017 Sullivan Keller Men's Track & Field 6/7/2017 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field 5/3/2017 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field 5/3/2017 Zach Laird Men's Track & Field 3/31/2017 Mark Veitengruber Men's Tennis 3/31/2017 Hayle Scanlan Women's Tennis 3/1/2017 Leah McDonell Women's Basketball 3/1/2017 Deion Hamilton Men's Basketball 2/1/2017 Tiffany Cycon Women's Track & Field 2/1/2017 Arif Mehmetaj Men's Basketball 1/4/2017 Jeff Redband Men's Basketball 1/4/2017 Sarah Saba Women's Basketball 12/6/2016 Volleyball Team Women's Volleyball 12/6/2016 Supreme Hannah Men's Basketball 11/1/2016 Kevin Roginson Men's Cross Country 11/1/2016 Ashley Drzymala Women's Volleyball Previous12345...Next
Joey Atkins Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 12/8/2023 Sport Men's Basketball Bio View Full Bio Daemen University graduate student Joey Atkins was named Male Athlete of the Month for November after kicking off his graduate season by being named East Coast Conference Preseason Player of the Year, as released by the conference prior to the season. Throughout six weeks of competition so far this season, Atkins has also picked up three ECC Defensive Player of the Week awards.  The 6-foot-5 forward has helped the Wildcats to a 7-3 record while averaging 12.3 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game. He scored a season-high 23 points against Western Washington in the season-opening D2CCA Canadian Tip-Off Classic in Vancouver, B.C., and pulled down a season-high 13 boards at Dominican. He helped the Wildcats to a 64-63 win over nationally ranked Mercyhurst on Nov. 15 where he played 29 minutes and totaled nine points, six rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block. Atkins has posted double-digit points in six of Daemen’s 10 games on the year. He has also helped the Wildcats to a seventh-place regional ranking in the Division II College Sports Communicators (D2CSC) East Region Basketball Media Poll for 2023-2024.