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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
3/6/2017 Brandon Gilbeck Men's Basketball
2/27/2017 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
2/20/2017 Marissa Purdum Women's Swimming and Diving
2/14/2017 Holly Hoelting Softball
2/6/2017 Josh Kirby Men's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Mike Miklusak Men's Basketball
1/24/2017 Brad Walls Men's Track and Field
12/12/2016 Jasmine Brown Women's Track and Field
12/6/2016 Kyle Siebert Men's Swimming and Diving
11/29/2016 Emily Clemens Women's Basketball
11/14/2016 Erica Hagen Women's Swimming and Diving
11/7/2016 Kaili Simmons Women's Volleyball
11/1/2016 Brett Taylor Football
10/24/2016 Anna Cullinan Women's Golf
10/17/2016 Ashley Kuhlmann Women's Soccer
10/11/2016 Jacob Bjornsen Men's Soccer
10/3/2016 Maria Bessmertnaya Women's Tennis
9/28/2016 Riggs Baxter Football
9/19/2016 Lexi Kolschefski Women's Volleyball
9/14/2016 Fernando Pacheco Men's Soccer
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