{"id":10661,"date":"2019-06-06T13:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T21:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2019-06-06T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T21:05:39","slug":"hall-of-fame-varsity-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/hall-of-fame-varsity-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame: Varsity Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caity Healy<\/strong> | Editor-in-Chief<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Baseball<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Jared McDonald: #10<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Catcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>First Team All-GNAC; tied for third all-time in program history with 18 home runs and 6th in career slugging percentage<\/span><\/p>\n

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Softball<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Haley Fabian: #12<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Pitcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>All-time most wins (41); All-time most saves (5); First Team All-GNAC accolades<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track & Field<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Olivia Woods<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Events: 4×400-meter relay; 800-meter<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Basketball<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Riley Hawken: #32<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Forward<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Junior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>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<\/span><\/p>\n

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Track<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Curt Knott<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Class: Sophomore<\/span><\/p>\n

Events: 800-meter, 4×400-meter relay<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: 2019 All-GNAC Indoor – 800 (2nd); 2019 All-GNAC Indoor – 4×400 (3rd); <\/span>No. 30 nationally in 800<\/span><\/p>\n

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Volleyball<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Morgan Haskett: #3<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Outside Hitter<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Junior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>All-GNAC Honorable Mention; Started every match; Finished 13th in the conference <\/span><\/p>\n

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Cross Country<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Grace Knapp<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Class: Junior<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Stats: Academic All-GNAC; Earned No. 5 all-time fastest in school history at <\/span>17:33.58<\/span><\/p>\n

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Football<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Bo Highburger: #44<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Linebacker<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>All-time leader in career tackles (326); All-time leader in unassisted tackles (182); Three-time first team All-GNAC selection<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cross Country<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Tyler Jones<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>2018 Academic All-GNAC; <\/span>Recipient of Elite 90 award for the 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Championship<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basketball<\/b><\/h1>\n

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Natalie Delonge: #42<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Junior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>Second Team All-GNAC; Led the team with 15.1 points\/game; Ranked No. 4 in the GNAC in scoring<\/span><\/p>\n

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Soccer<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Jacky Beristain: #20<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Position: Defender<\/span><\/p>\n

Class: Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

Stats: <\/span>All-GNAC Second Team; started each match; Played all 1,559 of the team’s minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photos courtesy of WOUWolves<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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