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 3/1/2014 Toria Williams Women's Track & Field 2/1/2014 Raeann Stilwell Women's Basketball 2/1/2014 Gerald Beverly Men's Basketball 1/1/2014 Lindsay Stoddard Women's Basketball 1/1/2014 Uchechi Ogbonna Men's Basketball 12/2/2013 Uchechi Ogbonna Men's Basketball 12/2/2013 Brittany Anthon Women's Volleyball 11/5/2013 Kaley Vazquez Women's Volleyball 11/5/2013 Matt Cregan Men's Cross Country 10/1/2013 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country 10/1/2013 Alex Reid Men's Soccer 5/1/2013 Ashley Pinette Women's Track & Field 5/1/2013 Kyle Harman Men's Golf 4/1/2013 Sam Rugg Men's Track & Field 4/1/2013 Shaylah Iverson Women's Tennis 3/1/2013 Casey Sheehan Men's Basketball 3/1/2013 Monica Kosior Women's Basketball 1/31/2013 Monica Kosior Women's Basketball 1/31/2013 Jim Regan Men's Basketball 1/1/2013 Casey Sheehan Men's Basketball Previous...678Next
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.