Voting is now open online for The Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, which includes student-athletes in 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 Friday night with the winner announced Sunday.
Weekly winners will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon, along with a short feature story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.
Previously we announced a football, volleyball and cheerleader preseason fan’s choice athlete of the year. Those include Caddo Magnet’s Violet Collier as Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year, Plain Dealing’s Jeremy Fisher as Preseason Football Player of the Year and Captain Shreve’s Zaria Hall as Cheerleader of the Year.
On the Week 36 ballot for the 2025-26 school year are Ty Walsworth, Loyola track; Jordan Johnson, Benton track; Josie Parker, North DeSoto track; Pressley Lockey, Byrd track; Zamarion Carter, Bossier track; Nathan Cervantes, Northwood baseball; Bo Carter, Airline baseball; Brynn Robinson, Calvary softball; Kennedi Dixon, Captain Shreve softball; Wyatt Ditt, Byrd track; Brianna Newton, Plain Dealing track; Addison Chanler, Glenbrook softball; Chauncey Wilkins IV, Huntington track; Vennela Malireddy, Caddo Magnet tennis and Jeremiah Yearby, Evangel baseball.
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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 Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
Previous winners
Week 35: Kinsley Mayfield, Byrd track
Week 34: Dean Patillio, Caddo Magnet track
Week 33: Sam Ricord, Northwood baseball
Week 32: Kalen Rawls, Byrd baseball
Week 31: Kamdyn Harmon, North DeSoto softball
Week 30: Austin Smith, Airline baseball
Week 29: Alex Simpson, North DeSoto track
Week 28: Jade Jones, Stanley softball
Week 27: Jaden Davis, Bossier basketball
Week 26: Ashton Neighbors, Haughton baseball
Week 25: Ty Williams, Bossier basketball
Week 24: Mathis Stanberry, Loyola soccer
Week 23: Micah Gordon, Providence soccer
Week 22: Parker Johnson, Calvary cheer
Week 21: Ava Bogan, Captain Shreve soccer
Week 20: Lauren Hillman, Providence basketball
Week 19: Durell Sanders Jr., Captain Shreve basketball
Week 18: John Hollis, Providence basketball
Week 17: Kade Tinsley, North DeSoto wrestling
Week16: Ryleigh Cram, Captain Shreve soccer
Week 15: Tyler Warren, Haughton soccer
Week 14: Alex Thaxton, Providence basketball
Week 13: Audrina Wade, Benton wrestling
Week 12: Brody Snider, Haughton soccer
Week 11: Gabi Hamic, Providence soccer
Week 10: Kyndall Salone, Captain Shreve volleyball
Week 9: Nick Kampert, Loyola cross country
Week 8: Owen Thomason, Natchitoches Central XC
Week 7: Maggie Schoenborn, Parkway volleyball
Week 6: Tenley Hesson, Benton volleyball
Week 5: Ka’Mya Allen, Airline volleyball
Week 4: John Ferguson, Byrd cross country
Week 3: Hunter Hayden, Parkway swimming
Week 2: Claire Allen, Benton XC
Week 1: Brody Hutchison, Benton XC
Preseason Cheerleader of the Year: Zaria Hall, Captain Shreve
Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year: Violet Collier, Caddo Magnet
This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Vote for 1 of 15 Shreveport Times Week 36 non-football AOW candidates