NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State fourth-year sophomore Jake McCaw was named the male recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference's Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award Winner, announced Monday.
The MVC Faculty Athletics Representatives Committee selected McCaw and Bradley women's basketball student-athlete Gabi Haack from a field of league student-athletes who met the award criteria, including academic achievement, athletics excellence and service and leadership.
McCaw, who graduated in the spring of 2021 with a 3.92 GPA in Business Information Systems, was named First-Team All-MVC in 2021 after a breakout season. McCaw led the MVC in batting average (.417), hits (43), and doubles (10) during conference play. McCaw ranks second in the MVC in batting average (.367) while his 66 hits and 14 doubles led the Illinois State team.
McCaw becomes the ninth Redbird to win the award, which the MVC has given out since 2000. He is the second Redbird baseball student-athlete to receive the honor (Jacob Hendren, 2015).
Dr. Charlotte West was a driving force for more than 40 years in the area of advancement of women's sports. She retired for Southern Illinois in 1998 after serving in the capacities of head coach, associate athletics director, interim athletics director and senior women administrator during her 41 years at SIU.
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