Western Illinois University Athletics

Awards & Recognition
2012 All-League Second Team - Shortstop
2012 College Sports Madness First Team Summit League

At Western Illinois
2012 (Senior): Appeared in and started all 53 games... batted 7-of-17 at Georgia State, matching team lead for most hits... three extra-hit games... drove in four runs... 4-12 at Bulldog Classic with three RBI and one run... two HBP... 3-for-5 against host Alabama A&M... 5-11 at Georgia (first triple of season), with two two-hit games... went 2-for-4 on Saturday at Western Kentucky with two RBI and a double... home run vs. SLU (3/20/12) tied the game... drove in a run in all three games vs. Xavier and collected two two-RBI games... collected three hits vs. Culver-Stockton including two doubles and drove in two more runs, leads team with 34 RBI... hit .500 in the NDSU series... went 3-for-5 in game one on Sunday with two RBI... went 2-for-3 with a HR and two RBI vs. EIU... on a six-game hitting streak... drove in two runs on 4/28 at Oakland... went 2-for-3 in the finale against IPFW with an RBI... collected five hits during South Dakota State series including two 2-for-4 performances... drove in four runs on 5/18 including a three-run HR.

2011 (Junior): Went on a 10-game hitting streak twice and finished the season hitting .302 with 13 doubles and 37 RBI... only made 11 errors and started every game at shortstop... collected 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games to lead the team... hit his first home run of the season at Oakland on April 23... a home run shy of the cycle at Southern Utah on April 30... collected two four RBI games in the Southern Utah series... hit safely 17 of 20 games before The Summit League Championship and has improved his average from .266 to .306... started two double plays in the finale of the IPFW series including a game-ending 6-4-3 double play... led the Summit League with 16 sacrifice bunts... second on the team with 13 doubles.

At Miles CC
Mon-Dak Conference MVP... All-Region.

High School
Named All-Conference in tennis three times and baseball three times... Named All-State in twice in baseball and tennis... Member of state champion teams in tennis (three times), basketball (2008) and baseball (2008).

Personal
Son of Dallas and Kodi Cowen... born September 15, 1989... majoring in Communications with a minor in Business Management.

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