
The male Panther of the Week is going to Obadiah Curtis from the men’s basketball team.
The redshirt junior guard from Fresno, California, recorded a season high 17 points against Lindenwood on Saturday afternoon.
Curtis helped the Panthers beat the Lions 76-70.
Earlier in the week, Curtis recorded eight points against Little Rock on Monday and 10 points against Western Illinois on Thursday.
Eastern defeated Little Rock 56-54 and Western Illinois 71-59 to go 3-0 in the week.
The female Panther of the Week is going to Autumn Grinter from the swimming team.
The senior from Edwardsville recorded two first place finishes against Evansville on Saturday.
Grinter took home the gold in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.11 and the 100 freestyle with time of 55.60.
Eastern’s swim team defeated Evansville 102-99.
Zaria Flippin can be reached at 581-2812 or at zhflippin@eiu.edu.