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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
10/18/2017 Inosi Kau Rugby
10/12/2017 Kailey Pettit Women's Golf
10/12/2017 Manuel Del Rio Men's Soccer
10/4/2017 Leah Baughman Women's Golf
9/25/2017 Kenaida Mills Women's Golf
9/18/2017 Kayla Klock Women's Soccer
9/18/2017 Jacob Bishop Men's Cross Country
9/11/2017 Haley Kramer Volleyball
9/4/2017 Cassie Meyer Volleyball
9/4/2017 Matt Vogt Men's Soccer
4/5/2017 Jordan Getz Men's Lacrosse
4/5/2017 Mallory Chapman Softball
3/27/2017 Kelsey Chambers Women's Track and Field
3/27/2017 Michael Finch Baseball
3/6/2017 Dereck Downs Men's Lacrosse
3/6/2017 Kylie Frizell Women's Basketball
2/21/2017 Killian Gause Rugby
2/20/2017 Monica Burns Women's Basketball
2/13/2017 Jade Worrels Women's Swimming
2/13/2017 Tomas Caixeta Men's Swimming
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