Shreveport Times Athlete of the Week 13 ballot features 10 area athletes
Voting is now open online for The Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports, which includes student-athletes in Louisiana high school sports other than football from 10 northwest Louisiana schools.
Fans of those students, their schools or their particular sport can vote at shreveporttimes.com under “sports” for their favorite. Voting will continue through Thursday night with the winner announced Friday.
Weekly winners will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s, along with a short feature story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.
Previous winners include Airline’s Catherine Jurkovich, Ruston’s Mariah Hintze, Northwood's Taylor McCabe and Benton's Daly Nagot.
On the Week 13 ballot for the 2020-21 school year are Maddi Pender, North DeSoto soccer; Andrew Stuart, Byrd soccer; Jonathan Woldie, Caddo Magnet soccer; Collin Elston, Captain Shreve soccer; Kori Rice, Airline basketball; La’Bree Williams, Calvary basketball; Michael Feaster, Parkway basketball; Kalea Dean, Huntington basketball; Louis Lindsey, Haughton wrestling and Aiden Carinio, Benton wrestling.
These athletes were chosen because of their performance last week or because their names were submitted by their coach.
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The High School Athlete of the Week includes athletes from all LHSAA-sanctioned sports other than football. In the fall, that includes volleyball, cross country, swimming and cheerleading.
Coaches and school administrators can submit their candidates for the recognition to jwatson@shreveporttimes.com.
Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Taylor McCabe, Northwood volleyball
Week 2: Daly Nagot, Benton volleyball
Week 3: Mariah Hintze, Ruston volleyball
Week 4: Averi Phillips, Haughton volleyball
Week 5: Hannah Wilson, Northwood volleyball
Week 6: Aiden Heard, Loyola cross country
Week 7: Catherine Jurkovich, Airline volleyball
Week 8: Lorelei Freling, Ruston volleyball
Week 9: Alex Adcock, Captain Shreve XC
Week 10: Abby Schroeder, Benton volleyball
Week 11: Taylor Nash, Loyola volleyball
Week 12: Logan Olsen, Airline wrestling
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