ST. LOUIS – After breaking Illinois State's 1,000-meter school record at Saturday's Notre Dame Invitational, freshman phenom Rachel Hickey has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Female Track Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
Not only is this award the first weekly honor of Hickey's young career, but it is the third-consecutive weekly recognition for the Redbirds this season. Hickey joins Grace Beattie and Jack Anstey on the list of Illinois State student-athletes to be recognized by the Valley during the 2018-19 campaign.