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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
9/6/2016 Steve McShane Football
8/24/2016 Mary Street Women's Soccer
5/9/2016 Kacyee Hart Softball
5/2/2016 Megan McGlone Women's Track and Field
4/25/2016 Cord Church Baseball
4/18/2016 Maria Bessmertnaya Women's Tennis
4/11/2016 Khalyia Lawson Women's Track and Field
4/4/2016 Adam Falk Men's Golf
3/28/2016 Kelsey Marlow Softball
3/21/2016 Roman Visintine Baseball
3/7/2016 Tierney Bottino Softball
2/29/2016 Brandon Gilbeck Men's Basketball
2/22/2016 Chris Neaveill Men's Swimming and Diving
2/15/2016 Allie Leingang Women's Golf
2/8/2016 Max Ford Men's Track and Field
2/1/2016 Erica Hagen Women's Swimming and Diving
1/25/2016 Emily Clemens Women's Basketball
12/7/2015 Chris Neaveill Men's Swimming and Diving
11/30/2015 Myles Spearman Football
11/23/2015 Mallory Boyle Women's Basketball
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