Shreveport Times Athlete of the Week 23 ballot features 15 area athletes
Voting is now open online for the Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. It includes student-athletes in Northwest Louisiana high school sports other than football from 15 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 Saturday.
Previous winners include Brody Hutchison and Claire Allen of Benton, Cheyenne Olson of Parkway and Jade Smith of Ruston.
Weekly winners will receive a duffle bag, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s, along with a short story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.
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On the Week 23 ballot for the 2022-23 school year are Trevon Jackson, Airline basketball; Tate Sellers, Benton basketball; Jamadrion Lillard, Ruston basketball; Jayden Easter, BTW basketball; Kris Mesloh, Parkway wrestling; Jeremia Yearby, Evangel wrestling; Kolton Norsworthy, St. Mary’s wrestling; Tyler Villarreal, Haughton wrestling; Mariah Tilley, Northwood soccer; Garrett Gulett, Byrd soccer; Ava Colvin, Calvary soccer; Rony Carcomo, Bossier soccer; Julia Hancock, Loyola cheer; Anna Farmer, North Caddo cheer and Ava Bernard, Minden cheer.
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.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Cheyenne Olson, Parkway cross country
Week 2: Claire Allen, Benton cross country
Week 3: Jade Smith, Ruston volleyball
Week 4: Brody Hutchison, Benton cross country
Week 5: Madison Hicks, Captain Shreve volleyball
Week 6: K’laina Bieniek, Byrd volleyball
Week 7: Ember Pierce, Parkway cross country
Week 8: Haylee Crowder, Haughton volleyball
Week 9: Ella Vickers, Haughton volleyball
Week 10: Isabelle Russell, Benton cross country
Week 11: Eva Johnson, Benton cheer
Week 12: Devon Viers, Parkway wrestling
Week 13: Jacob Kershaw, North DeSoto wrestling
Week 14: Ashlyn Paul, Northwood soccer
Week 15: Ernie Perry, Airline wrestling
Week 16: Jamie Willis, Benton soccer
Week 17: Ty Parker, Airline wrestling
Week 18: Logan Olson, Airline wrestling
Week 19: Lexy Bouillon, Benton soccer
Week 20: Zoey Cazes, Loyola cheer
Week 21: Danon Walker, Airline Wrestling
Week 22: Jack McGuire, Benton wrestling
Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
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