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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.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/1/2019 C.J. Duff Men's Basketball
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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