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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Roman Visintine

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    3/21/2016
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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After helping lead Western Illinois baseball to a Summit League series win last weekend, sophomore Roman Visintine is the Hampton Inn Scholar-Athlete of the Week.

Visintine recorded three consecutive multi-hit games against North Dakota State, and finished the five games last week batting 8-for-17 at the plate with a five-game hitting streak.

He batted .500 against the Bison (6-for-12) with three runs scored, one RBI and walked twice. On the year, Visintine improved to .450 batting with a .500 on-base percentage.

Visintine carries a 3.528 cumulative GPA majoring in Exercise Science.


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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