Vote: Who should be SBLive's Georgia High School Athlete of the Week (2/20/2024)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Georgia High School Athlete of the Week for February 12-17, 2024 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday, February 25th at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Congratulations to last week's winner: Anthony Gause of Milton Boys Basketball.
Here are this week's nominees:
Caleb Wilson, Holy Innocents Boys Basketball
Wilson led his team to a Region 6-4A Championship with 21 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, and three blocks. He had a near triple-double in the semifinals with 18 points, 19 rebounds, eight assists, and four blocks.
Christian McAllister, Fayette County Boys Basketball
McAllister showed out in a blowout win over Troup County to help Fayette County three-peat as region champs. He finished with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists.
Keith Gillespie, Fayette County Boys Basketball
Gillespie is now a four-time region champ with Fayette County. He finished the title game with 29 points with seven made threes, three assists and two steals.
Brendan Tousignaut, Sequoyah Boys Basketball
Tousignaut had himself a night in a win over Allatoona. He finished with 30 points, six rebounds, six steals, and three blocks.
Chase Allen, Model Boys Basketball
Allen went off for 30 points, 12 boards, and five assists to lock in a region championship for Model.
Myla Benton, Greater Atlanta Christian Girls Basketball
After winning region player of the year, Benton kept that same energy and went to work against Kell. She finished with 25 points, 12 boards, and five steals.
Kassidy Neal, Baldwin Girls Basketball
Neal led both teams in points and rebounds with 22 points and 11 rebounds in a blowout region championship win over Griffin.
Ciara Alexander, Mount Paran Christian Girls Basketball
Alexander led her team to a dominant victory over North Cobb Christian with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
Riley Black, Chestatee Girls Basketball
Black led Chestatee to its second straight region title with 27 points, nine rebounds, and six assists.
Sanai Cyrus, Loganville Christian Girls Basketball
Cyrus had a monster double-double to help her squad punch its ticket to the state playoffs. The Lady Lions took down BCA and she finished with 19 points and 22 rebounds.
Cocoa Ramsey, Brunswick Girls Basketball
Ramsey dropped 36 points to help Brunswick 3-Peat as the 2-6A Region Champs.
Jackson Moffit, East Forsyth Wrestling
Moffit finished out his sophomore season with a 47-1 record and as a state champion.
Jojo Shuman, Callaway Wrestling
Shuman had himself a historic outing as he became the first person in school history to become a wrestling state champion.
Noah Danforth, West Forsyth Wrestling
Danforth won his second 7A State Championship at a tough 144-pounds and finished his career as a two-time State Champion and four-time State finalist.
Cooper Underwood, Allatoona Baseball
Underwood tossed five innings of one-hit ball and struck out nine batters in the blowout win over Seckinger.
Adrian Jimenez, Parkview Baseball
Jimenez went 2-for-3 with a triple, stolen base, and two RBIs in a win over Marist.
Scotty Milbourn, River Ridge Baseball
Milbourn went three strong innings allowing no hits and striking out five batters versus Bleckley.
