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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
2/8/2016 Justin Fritts Men's Basketball
2/8/2016 Chenelle Moore Women's Basketball
2/1/2016 Rachel Yontz Women's Swimming
2/1/2016 Dominick Nania Wrestling
1/25/2016 Jaila Bryant Women's Basketball
1/25/2016 Pat Moseh Men's Basketball
1/18/2016 Jakub Swierczynski Men's Swimming
1/18/2016 Mariah Callen Women's Basketball
1/11/2016 Jaila Bryant Women's Basketball
1/11/2016 Haywood Highsmith Men's Basketball
11/30/2015 Chenelle Moore Women's Basketball
11/30/2015 Aitor Iniguez de Heredia Men's Soccer
11/23/2015 Kayce Krucki Volleyball
11/23/2015 Haywood Highsmith Men's Basketball
11/16/2015 Nolan Whitely Wrestling
11/16/2015 Jaila Bryant Women's Basketball
4/8/2015 Jacob Mines Men's Track and Field
3/23/2015 Dustin Warner Wrestling
3/17/2015 Dereck Downs Men's Lacrosse
3/9/2015 Matt Lee Men's Lacrosse
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