Benton’s Isabelle Russell tops Week 10 Shreveport Times Athlete of the Week voting
Benton’s Isabelle Russell secured enough votes this week to win the Times online poll for Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission.
A standout distance runner for the Lady Tigers, Russell is the second Benton winner of the 2022-23 school year. Previous winners include Cheyenne Olson, Claire Allen and Ember Pierce.
Russell and her supporters racked up 37,114 votes, a solid 38.04% of the 97,568 votes cast in the weekly online recognition. Those numbers allowed Vickers to top a field of 11 additional candidates, including second-place Abby Richardson 32,522, a Calvary cheerleader, who made a strong run for the recognition with votes (33.33%).
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Russell recently signed with UL Lafayette to continue her track and cross country career. She was the runner-up in cross country at the recent District 1-5A meet.
“Isabelle is a hard work who pushes herself and her teammates to be the best,” Benton coach Bryson Matthews said.
Others on the 10th ballot for the 2022-23 school year were Kinsley Brotherton, Haughton cheer; Isabella Young, Byrd volleyball; Hannah Rollins, Ruston volleyball; Makayla Horton, Loyola volleyball; Savannah Anderson, Caddo Magnet volleyball; Ashlyn Ellis, Evangel volleyball; Gracie Baker, Many volleyball; Clara Hicks, Haughton cross country; Gary Smith, Parkway cross country and Rannon Jett, Nat. Central cross country.
They were chosen because of their performance the previous week or because their names were submitted by their coach. The Times poll is posted each Monday at shreveporttimes.com with a new slate of student-athletes in high school sports other than football.
The Times online only poll runs through Thursday evening. The poll includes northwest Louisiana athletes competing in volleyball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, basketball, soccer, wrestling, powerlifting, indoor and outdoor track, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, bowling, gymnastics and fishing while those sports are in season.
Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
2022-23 WINNERS
Week 1: Cheyenne Olson, Parkway cross countryWeek 2: Claire Allen, Benton cross countryWeek 3: Jade Smith, Ruston volleyballWeek 4: Brody Hutchison, Benton cross countryWeek 5: Madison Hicks, Captain Shreve volleyballWeek 6: K’laina Bieniek, Byrd volleyballWeek 7: Ember Pierce, Parkway cross countryWeek 8: Haylee Crowder, Haughton volleyballWeek 9: Ella Vickers, Haughton volleyballWeek 10: Isabelle Russell, Benton cross country
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