Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief

Each athlete below was chosen for a number of different reasons, including their stats for this season, their stats for their entire career at Western and the records they made while here. Take a look at the trading cards below for the top athlete per sport.

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Baseball

Jared McDonald: #10

Position: Catcher

Class: Senior

Stats: First Team All-GNAC; tied for third all-time in program history with 18 home runs and 6th in career slugging percentage

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Softball

Haley Fabian: #12

Position: Pitcher

Class: Senior

Stats: All-time most wins (41); All-time most saves (5); First Team All-GNAC accolades

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Track & Field

Olivia Woods

Events: 4×400-meter relay; 800-meter

Class: Senior

Stats: All-GNAC Outdoor – 4×400 (3rd); six school records including fastest times in both track seasons for the 400 and 800.

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Basketball

Riley Hawken: #32

Position: Forward

Class: Junior

Stats: GNAC Player of the Week in December; led the team with 11.8 points, 6.4 rebounds/game; No. 2 in the GNAC with 1.8 steals/game

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Track

Curt Knott

Class: Sophomore

Events: 800-meter, 4×400-meter relay

Stats: 2019 All-GNAC Indoor – 800 (2nd); 2019 All-GNAC Indoor – 4×400 (3rd); No. 30 nationally in 800

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Volleyball

Morgan Haskett: #3

Position: Outside Hitter

Class: Junior

Stats: All-GNAC Honorable Mention; Started every match; Finished 13th in the conference

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Cross Country

Grace Knapp

Class: Junior

Season Stats: Academic All-GNAC; Earned No. 5 all-time fastest in school history at 17:33.58

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Football

Bo Highburger: #44

Position: Linebacker

Class: Senior

Stats: All-time leader in career tackles (326); All-time leader in unassisted tackles (182); Three-time first team All-GNAC selection

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Cross Country

Tyler Jones

Class: Senior

Stats: 2018 Academic All-GNAC; Recipient of Elite 90 award for the 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Championship

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Basketball

Natalie Delonge: #42

Position: Center

Class: Junior

Stats: Second Team All-GNAC; Led the team with 15.1 points/game; Ranked No. 4 in the GNAC in scoring

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Soccer

Jacky Beristain: #20

Position: Defender

Class: Senior

Stats: All-GNAC Second Team; started each match; Played all 1,559 of the team’s minutes

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Photos courtesy of WOUWolves