Jackson Leach of West Salem voted the WaFd Bank Oregon High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to West Salem’s Jackson Leach for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Oregon Boys Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-29. 

Leach, a junior point guard on the West Salem team, recorded a triple-double with 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for the Titans in their 79-55 win at North Salem in a Central Valley Conference game. He then had 18 points and nine assists in a 75-66 home victory over South Salem. 

Leach received 51.59% of the vote, beating out Landyn Bryant, a junior on the South Eugene team, who finished second with 40.53%. Ethan Sims, a senior on the North Eugene team, was third with 7.34% and Sawyer Clemett, a junior on the Hood River Valley team, was fourth with 0.25%. There were more than 20,000 votes tallied this week.

We are accepting WaFd Bank Boys Basketball Player of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, email danbrood91@gmail.com.