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Athletes of the Week

Haywood Highsmith

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/22/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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WHEELING, W.Va. – After leading the Cardinals men’s basketball team to its 20th and 21st consecutive victories, Haywood Highsmith has been named the WJU Male Athlete of the Week.

Haywood helped WJU past Glenville State last Thursday. The sophomore forward scored a game-high 27 points while securing 10 rebounds. Highsmith now has eight double-doubles on the season.

Haywood then scored 14 points and grabbed nine boards against West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.

On the season, Haywood is averaging 14.4 points and is fifth in the MEC in rebounding at 9.4 per game. Watch the video below of two monster dunks that Haywood had in the same game, Thursday against Glenville State.

Highsmith and the men’s basketball team travels to Notre Dame College on Thursday before taking on West Liberty on Saturday, February 27.




Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
3/7/2015 Inosi Kau Rugby
2/16/2015 Jaila Bryant Women's Basketball
1/26/2015 Justin Fritts Men's Basketball
10/29/2014 Anna Davis Women's Swimming
10/10/2014 Andrea Thobe Volleyball
9/22/2014 Emma Schleucher Volleyball
9/9/2014 Haley Kindall Volleyball
5/22/2014 Tyler Johnson Men's Lacrosse
5/19/2014 Kasey Frazier Women's Golf
4/28/2014 Julia Novotny Women's Track and Field
4/28/2014 Anthony Phillips Men's Track and Field
4/24/2014 Joe Amsler Men's Lacrosse
4/21/2014 Justin Fritts Baseball
4/15/2014 Jessie Tufnell Women's Lacrosse
4/15/2014 Kasey Frazier Women's Golf
4/5/2014 Luke Holubeck Men's Track and Field
3/26/2014 Tyler Johnson Men's Lacrosse
3/17/2014 Tyler Buchan Men's Lacrosse
3/17/2014 Peter Malcolm Rugby
2/24/2014 Justin Fritts Men's Basketball
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