Poll: Vote for the Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week

Ahmad Lathan
·2 min read

Prep fall season in the metro-east has kicked off.

Now’s your chance to vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s High School Athlete of the Week. The poll closes at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8.

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Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Ahmad Lathan at alathan@bnd.com

Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.

To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.

We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.

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Here are this week’s nominees:

  • Sydney Davis, Edwardsville High School, Senior, Outside Hitter.

Davis notched 62 kills, 47 digs and 4 blocks along with a 0.274 attack percentage and 0.983 serve-receive percentage during the week. Davis also earned a spot on the All-Tournament team at the 2023 Tiger Classic after her team went 5-2 on the week.

  • Evan Moore, Edwardsville High School, Senior, Forward

Moore scored 4 goals and chipped in 3 assists during the Tigers 3-0 record on the week.

  • Carson Nix, O’Fallon High School, Sophmore, Forward.

Nix scored 3 goals and had 1 assist during the Panthers 3-0 record on the week.

  • Addison Walton, Columbia High School, Senior, Libero.

Walton led the team in digs (50/59) and serve-receive percentage (90/109) while the Wildcats went 5-2 during the week.

  • Alayna Santel, Breese Central High School, Senior, Right-Side Hitter.

Santel, USML commit, notched 68 kills, 21 digs, 3 aces and 3 blocks in 4 victories on the week. Santel also earned All-Tournament team at the Edwardsville Tiger Classic and led her team to a 3rd place finish.