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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Myles Spearman

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    11/30/2015
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Sophomore safety Myles Spearman earned his second straight start and helped Western Illinois to a 24-7 victory over Dayton in the opening round of the FCS Playoffs. For his efforts he's the Hampton Inn Scholar-Athlete of the Week.

Spearman recorded his second career interception, both in consecutive weeks and both in the endzone, and made two tackles for the Leatherneck defense. Western allowed just 25 total yards in the second half and it scored 24 unanswered points.

On the year, he has 29 tackles (20 solos), two interceptions and three pass break-ups. He owns a 3.268 overall GPA majoring in Biology.

Western travels to Illinois State this Saturday (Dec. 5) for the second round of the FCS Playoffs. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/9/2021 Isabel Navas Rodriguez Women's Soccer
5/5/2020 Tyler Stewart Baseball
5/5/2020 Carrissa Tinsley Women's Track and Field
3/31/2020 Wyatt Spier Men's Golf
3/31/2020 Cassidy Jurkaites Women's Golf
1/31/2020 James Claar Men's Basketball
1/31/2020 Madison Chao Women's Swimming and Diving
11/1/2019 Mariah Mitchell Women's Volleyball
11/1/2019 Quintin Thurman Men's Cross Country
10/1/2019 Ryan DeBois Men's Soccer
10/1/2019 Hailey Tranchitella Women's Cross Country
9/30/2019 Amy Andrews Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Nathan Erickson Football
4/1/2019 Nick Olson Men's Track and Field
4/1/2019 Laura Ballesteros Women's Tennis
3/8/2019 Olivia Kaufmann Women's Basketball
3/7/2019 Jackson Wetherbee Men's Golf
2/6/2019 Samir Almhiemid Men's Swimming and Diving
2/6/2019 Bo Brasseur Women's Track and Field
1/2/2019 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
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