Nazareth's Olivia Austin voted SBLive’s Illinois High School Athlete of the Week (2/5/2024)

Congratulations to Nazareth Academy girls basketball player Olivia Austin, who was voted SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week for January 22-28.
Austin, a Dartmouth recruit, had 13 points, 12 rebounds and two steals in a 52-45 win over Wisconsin power Arrowhead.

• Check out our Illinois Athlete of the Week page
PREVIOUS WINNERS: Johnsburg's JT Schmitt (Jan. 15-21), Montini girls basketball player Nikki Kerstein (Jan. 8-14), Thornton's Meyoh Swansey (Jan. 1-7), Mount Carmel's Angelo Ciaravino (Dec. 25-31), Glenbrook North's Anestis Hadjistamoulou (Dec. 11-17), Morrison's Camryn Veltrop (Dec. 4-10), Homewood-Flossmoor's Jaeda Murphy (Nov. 27-Dec 3), Bloom's Elijah Lovemore (Nov. 20-26), Joliet Catholic's Andres Munoz (Nov. 13-19), Wilmington's Reid Juster (Nov. 6-12), Blue Island Eisenhower's AJ Abrams (Oct. 30-Nov. 5), Althoff's Antwan Strong (Oct. 23-29), Breese Central's Griffen Becker (Oct. 16-22), Mater Dei's Markus Kehrer (Oct. 9-15), Hersey's Thomas Mulder (Oct. 2-8), Dixon's Katie Drew (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), Barrington's Scout Storms (Sept. 18-24), Neuqua Valley's Andrew Hoffman (Sept. 11-17), Naperville North's Cole Arl (August 28-Sept. 3), Joliet Catholic's Patrick Durbin (August 28-Sept. 3), Waubonsie Valley's Tyler Threat (August 21-27).
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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveIL

Nate Latsch is a veteran high school sportswriter and editor with extensive experience in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, among other regions.. Nate is a skilled multimedia content creator, with more than two decades of experience and a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football, as well as basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.
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