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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Cord Church

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    4/25/2016
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Junior Cord Church was named the Hampton Inn Scholar Athlete of the Week for his performance last week at North Dakota State.

The junior outfielder went 4-for-5 with five RBI, helping the Leathernecks take game two of the NDSU series winning 12-8. He entered the game with just four hits on the season and no RBI. He drew a walk and stole a base in the series.

Overall in 16 games played, Church is batting .222 with five runs scored and 4-of-5 in stolen bases.

Church owns a 3.76 GPA majoring in Biology.


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5/5/2020 Carrissa Tinsley Women's Track and Field
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3/31/2020 Cassidy Jurkaites Women's Golf
1/31/2020 James Claar Men's Basketball
1/31/2020 Madison Chao Women's Swimming and Diving
11/1/2019 Mariah Mitchell Women's Volleyball
11/1/2019 Quintin Thurman Men's Cross Country
10/1/2019 Ryan DeBois Men's Soccer
10/1/2019 Hailey Tranchitella Women's Cross Country
9/30/2019 Amy Andrews Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Nathan Erickson Football
4/1/2019 Nick Olson Men's Track and Field
4/1/2019 Laura Ballesteros Women's Tennis
3/8/2019 Olivia Kaufmann Women's Basketball
3/7/2019 Jackson Wetherbee Men's Golf
2/6/2019 Samir Almhiemid Men's Swimming and Diving
2/6/2019 Bo Brasseur Women's Track and Field
1/2/2019 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
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