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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Riggs Baxter

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    9/28/2016
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Riggs Baxter was named the Hampton Inn Scholar-Athlete of the Week for his performance last weekend.

The sophomore linebacker recorded a season-high six tackles (five solo stops) in the Leathernecks' 28-23 victory at Northern Illinois, snapping a 15-game losing streak to FBS programs. His biggest play of the game helped seal the win.

With NIU facing 4th-and-3 from the WIU 9, Baxter dropped back into coverage and knocked down a pass attempt to give Western the ball back on downs.

On the year, the special teams captain has 12 tackles and a pass break-up. He owns a 3.872 GPA majoring in Engineering Technology.


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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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