Wheeling University Athletics

After being only the second player in program history to reach his numbers, Haywood Highsmith of the Cardinals men's basketball team is the WJU Male Athlete of the Week for Dec. 9-20. Highsmith became only the 2nd Cardinals player to reach 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds in his career. Over the last four games, Highsmith averaged 20.3 points and 12.3 rebounds and has a double-double in each of the team's 12 games this season, including 22 points and 10 rebounds against West Virginia University. He made 30 of his 60 shots from the field in those games to go with 11 assists and nine steals.