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General 4/3/2019 11:45:00 AM

It's that time again. With the calendar shifted to April, it's time to look back and for fans to vote for which Brave they believe had the best month of March.

Sophomore Elijah Childs of the men's basketball team, junior Taylor Ledwein of the women's golf team, sophomore Jillian Navarro of the softball team and junior Luke Shadid of the baseball team are the four nominees for Bradley Athlete of the Month in March.

Each month, fans have the opportunity to vote for which Brave had the best month in their respective sport. Voting is open until Friday at 2 p.m. and will be conducted through the @BradleyBraves twitter account.

Elijah Childs • So. • Men's Basketball • Kansas City, Mo.
• Averaged 12.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, while shooting 49.1 percent in five March games
• Named Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player after leading the Braves to their first tournament title in 31 years
• Tallied 12.7 points and 7.7 rebounds during Arch Madness, scoring 30 of his 38 points in the second half of the championship run
• Led Bradley with 19 points in the NCAA Tournament against No. 5 Michigan State – making 9-of-14 field goals to go with six rebounds

Taylor Ledwein • Jr. • Women's Golf • New Prague, Minn.
• Earned first collegiate medalist title, claiming the top spot at the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate in Daytona Beach, Florida
• Won the event by three strokes, firing a career-best one-over par 217 at the par-72 LPGA International Hills Course for the 10th-best 54-hole score in school history
• Earned MVC Golfer of the Week for the fifth time in her career, making her the fifth five-time MVC Golfer of the Week selection in program history

Jillian Navarro • So. • Softball • Tempe, Ariz.
• Hit a team-best .391, while helping Bradley Softball to a 10-4 record as she tallied hits in eight of her 12 games
• Six of her nine hits went for extra bases as she slugged one double, one triple and four home runs while boasting a 1.043 slugging percentage.
• Scored eight runs and drove in 10 in addition to boasting a .533 on base percentage

Luke Shadid • Jr. • Baseball • Peoria, Ill.
• Hit .394 during Bradley's 16 games during the month of March
• Recorded the first cycle on record in Bradley Baseball history when he went 5-for-6 in the win at UNLV
• Had multiple hits in eight of the 16 games, all during his 9-game hitting streak from March 9 to March 27
• Drove in 17 runs, while also scoring 13 runs

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