Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week? (1/22/2024)

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Jan. 15-21. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email nate@scorebooklive.com. 

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes who receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

Annor Boateng, Little Rock Central boys basketball

The 6-6 senior and Missouri commitment scored 24 points in a 67-52 victory over Conway.

Landren Blocker, Little Rock Christian Academy boys basketball

The 6-5 senior scored 18 points with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in a 77-18 victory over Heber Springs.

Xavier Brown, Fayetteville boys basketball

The 5-9 junior scored 24 points in a 66-49 victory over Rogers. He scored 23 points in a 77-65 victory over Springdale Har-Ber.

Makenlie Campbell, Springdale Har-Ber girls basketball

The 5-5 freshman scored 15 points with 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks in a 47-46 loss to Springdale. She scored 12 points with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in a 52-50 victory over Fayetteville.

Jacob Carlton, West Side Greers Ferry boys basketball

The senior scored 37 points in a 70-59 victory over Viola.

Jaxon Cazzell, Van Buren boys basketball

The 6-2 senior scored 23 points with 6 rebounds and 3 steals in a 80-56 victory over Harrison.

Alyson Edwards, Mansfield girls basketball

The 5-11 senior scored 26 points with 9 assists and 4 assists in a 67-44 victory over Mountainburg.

Alexis Franklin, Booneville girls basketball

The 5-7 senior 19 points with 8 rebounds and 6 steals in a 59-47 victory over Cedarville.

Linley Garrett, Booneville girls basketball

The 5-9 senior scored 18 points with 9 rebounds in a 59-47 victory over Cedarville.

Lainee Gentry, West Side Greers Ferry girls basketball

The freshman scored 30 points in a 54-52 overtime victory over Viola.

Erianna Gooden, Fort Smith Northside girls basketball

The 6-0 junior scored 18 points with 9 rebounds in a 57-44 victory over Rogers Heritage. She scored 19 points in a 58-55 overtime victory over Springdale.

Anna McCarn, Mountain Home girls basketball

The 6-4 junior scored 10 points with 13 rebounds in a 55-46 victory over Greenwood.

Laykin Moore, Mountain Home girls basketball

The 6-0 junior scored 23 points with 7 rebounds in a 55-46 victory over Greenwood.

Molly Meredith, Greenland girls basketball

The 5-6 sophomore scored 12 points with 10 rebounds in a 87-19 victory over Haas Hall-Bentonville.

Courtland Muldrew, Springdale Har-Ber boys basketball

The 6-3 junior guard scored 17 points with 10 rebounds and 8 assists in a 64-50 victory over Springdale.

Jarvis Palmer, Springdale boys basketball

The 6-2 junior scored 27 points with 7 rebounds in a 64-50 loss to Springdale Har-Ber. He scored 18 points in a 62-32 victory over Fort Smith Northside.

Cooper Rabjohjn, Rector boys basketball

The senior scored 18 points with 12 rebounds in a 68-47 victory over Cross County.

Marleigh Sellars, Salem girls basketball

The 5-8 senior scored 27 points in a 66-54 victory over Melbourne.

Derek Shepard, Fort Smith Northside boys basketball

The 5-10 guard scored 21 points and had 6 assists in a 62-57 victory over Rogers Heritage.

Gabe Spray, Izard County boys basketball

Spray scored 28 points in a 58-45 victory over White County Central.

Jade Steele, Greenbrier girls basketball

The 5-4 junior scored 25 points with 2 steals in a 49-40 victory over Alma.

Layne Taylor, Farmington boys basketball

The 6-0 senior scored 34 points with 4 rebounds in a 77-32 victory over Prairie Grove.

Anna Trusty, Greenwood girls basketball

The 6-0 senior scored 23 points with 8 steals, 2 assists and 2 rebounds in a 65-39 victory over Siloam Springs. She had 15 points and 5 rebounds in a 55-46 loss to Mountain Home.

Kaylee Ward, Mansfield girls basketball

The 6-3 sophomore scored 18 points with 12 rebounds and 5 blocks in a 67-44 victory over Mountainburg.

Braden Williams, Viola boys basketball

The 5-11 senior scored 27 points in a 70-59 loss to West Side Greers Ferry.

--Steve Andrews I @SBLiveArk