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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Higginbotham

Taylor Higginbotham

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    2/27/2017
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • Bio
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Western Illinois women's basketball student athlete Taylor Higginbotham has been selected as the WIU Hampton Inn Scholar Athlete of the Week for her performance last week against South Dakota. The sophomore guard tallied a game-high 25 points and four 3-pointers to help her team clinch The Summit League Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed in the league tournament. 

The Germantown, Wis. native currently holds a 3.802 GPA and is majoring in Exercise Science. 


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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