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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
9/6/2016 Haley Kindall Volleyball
9/6/2016 Jordan Frommeyer Men's Soccer
4/26/2016 Cody Hudson Baseball
4/26/2016 Cassie Holstein Softball
4/19/2016 Kori Hickman Women's Lacrosse
4/19/2016 Bryce Brochu Men's Lacrosse
4/11/2016 Brock McGivern Baseball
4/11/2016 Erin Unterbrink Softball
4/5/2016 Kasey Frazier Women's Golf
4/5/2016 Christopher Brake Baseball
3/28/2016 Molly Welsh Softball
3/28/2016 Dereck Downs Men's Lacrosse
3/21/2016 Dillon Sunnafrank Baseball
3/21/2016 Kelsey Chambers Women's Cross Country
2/29/2016 Kelsi Thompson Softball
2/29/2016 Sawyer Leppla Wrestling
2/22/2016 Jaana Motton Women's Basketball
2/22/2016 Haywood Highsmith Men's Basketball
2/15/2016 Logan Bowman Wrestling
2/15/2016 Jakub Skrzypczak Men's Swimming
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