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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
2/15/2018 Aidan Pasiuk Wrestling
2/8/2018 Alex Presley Men's Track and Field
2/8/2018 Jaylen Hill Wrestling
1/31/2018 Seth Bloor Wrestling
1/31/2018 Christian Rivera Wrestling
1/25/2018 Drake Goddard Men's Basketball
1/25/2018 Cassi Stein Women's Basketball
1/17/2018 Jared Donahue Wrestling
1/17/2018 Jeremiah Wilson Men's Basketball
1/10/2018 Connor Craig Wrestling
1/10/2018 Lauren Lipscomb Women's Basketball
12/20/2017 Haywood Highsmith Men's Basketball
12/20/2017 Mariah Callen Women's Basketball
11/9/2017 Kaitlyn Workman Women's Cross Country
11/9/2017 Cassie Meyer Volleyball
11/2/2017 Hannah Thompson Women's Soccer
11/2/2017 Matt Vogt Men's Soccer
10/26/2017 Kelsey Chambers Women's Cross Country
10/26/2017 Jacob Bishop Men's Cross Country
10/18/2017 Makenna Babb Volleyball
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