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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
11/16/2015 Sean McGuire Football
11/10/2015 Melanie Pearson Women's Swimming and Diving
11/3/2015 Diego Lopez Men's Soccer
10/26/2015 Andrew Blackburn Men's Golf
10/19/2015 Jacob Judd Football
10/12/2015 Michaela Cody Women's Soccer
10/5/2015 Nathan Knuffman Football
9/28/2015 Peyton Crosser Women's Volleyball
9/21/2015 Alejandro Pacheco Men's Soccer
9/14/2015 Courtney Lubbers Women's Tennis
9/8/2015 Brett Taylor Football
9/2/2015 Victoria Kappel Women's Soccer
5/11/2015 Brent Turner Baseball
5/4/2015 Nate Davis Men's Golf
4/28/2015 Sammy Marshall Softball
4/20/2015 Jessica Schultz Women's Golf
4/13/2015 Aaliyah White Women's Track and Field
4/6/2015 Andrew Blackburn Men's Golf
3/30/2015 JJ Reimer Baseball
3/24/2015 Arianna Demos Women's Tennis
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