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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Khalyia Lawson

Khalyia Lawson

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    4/11/2016
  • Sport
    Women's Track and Field
  • Bio
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Western Illinois freshman track and field athlete Khalyia Lawson has been named WIU’s Hampton Inn ‘Scholar Athlete of the Week’ after helping Western to a second-place finish at the Knox College Outdoor Open this past weekend.
 
Competing in the women’s triple jump, Lawson posted a mark of 34’ 11 ¾“ to finish in second place. Lawson, a native of Decatur, Illinois later posted a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a jump of 16’ 3”.  Western finished the meet with 127 points to earn second-place overall.
 
Lawson also excels in the classroom as she holds a 3.98 GPA while majoring in philosophy. 
 


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Date Athlete Sport
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11/1/2018 Corey Moody Men's Cross Country
11/1/2018 Mackenzie Steckler Women's Volleyball
10/3/2018 Tony Tate Football
10/3/2018 Nicole Beebe Women's Cross Country
9/4/2018 Tim Trilk Men's Soccer
9/4/2018 Melanie Patenaude Women's Volleyball
4/18/2018 Alex Krehbiel Women's Golf
4/18/2018 Nick Olson Men's Track and Field
3/22/2018 Ryan Dunne Baseball
2/13/2018 Halle Hollatz Softball
10/2/2017 Brett Taylor Football
5/5/2017 Drew Eaton Men's Golf
4/26/2017 Ashley Dumler Women's Golf
4/18/2017 Jasmine Brown Women's Track and Field
4/11/2017 Mitch Ellis Baseball
4/3/2017 Natalia Bravo Women's Tennis
3/28/2017 Annika Henle Women's Track and Field
3/20/2017 Javin Drake Baseball
3/13/2017 Emily Ira Softball
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