Captain Shreve’s Madison Hicks secured enough votes this week to win the Times online poll for Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission.
A standout volleyball player for the Lady Gators, Hicks is the first Shreve volleyball winner of the 2022-23 school year, joining Ruston’s Jade Smith as a volleyball winner.
Hicks and her supporters racked up 33,912 votes, a solid 55.2% of the 61,441 votes cast in the weekly online recognition. Those numbers allowed Hicks to top a field of 11 additional candidates, including second-place Catherine Jurkovich, an Airline volleyball player, who made a strong run for the recognition with 17,181 votes (27.9%).
Hicks will receive a duffel bag, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s.
Hicks also plays travel volleyball for TC Elite in the school's off season. She will be part of Shreve's fishing team this year after volleyball season is over.
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Others on the fifth ballot for the 2022-23 school year were Katie Funk, Caddo Magnet volleyball; Charity Ashton, Red River volleyball; Claire Roper, Calvary swimming; Blaine Geter, Loyola swimming; Gabe Falting, Parkway cross country; Lily Garrett, Ruston cross country; Lowrey Lain, Haughton cross country; Jolie Bohannon, North Caddo cheer; Ali Martin, Minden cheer; Nadia Williams, Mansfield cheer.
They were chosen because of their performance the previous week or because their names were submitted by their coach. The Times poll is posted each Monday at shreveporttimes.com with a new slate of student-athletes in high school sports other than football.
The Times online only poll runs through Thursday evening. The poll includes northwest Louisiana athletes competing in volleyball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, basketball, soccer, wrestling, powerlifting, indoor and outdoor track, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, bowling, gymnastics and fishing while those sports are in season.
Jimmy Watson covers Shreveport-Bossier area sports. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
Week 1: Cheyenne Olson, Parkway cross countryWeek 2: Claire Allen, Benton cross countryWeek 3: Jade Smith, Ruston volleyballWeek 4: Brody Hutchison, Benton cross countryWeek 5: Madison Hicks, Captain Shreve volleyball