Vote: Who should be SBLive’s South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week (1/29/2024)?

Here are 10 athletes for your consideration

We have 10 athletes nominated this week for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week from Jan. 21-27 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.


SBLive Sports Athlete of the Week winner
SBLive Athlete of the Week winner

Congratulations to last week's winner: TJ Bell of Westwood Boys Basketball.


Here are this week's nominees:

Charles Judy, Edisto, Boys Wrestling

Judy went a perfect 4-0 in the 113-pound class as the Cougars won the 12-team Red Raider Invitational at Bamberg-Ehrhardt.

Aveion Walker, Denmark-Olar, Girls Basketball

Walker produced a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds as well as 4 steals as the Vikings rolled past Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 44-17.

Braylin Mungo, Camden, Girls Basketball

Mungo scored 28 points as the Bulldogs rolled past Lake City 85-20. The 5-foot-5 freshman is averaging 11.2 points per game.

Jaylen Tillman, Richland Northeast, Boys Basketball

The 6-foot-6 senior scored 24 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in the Cavaliers’ 51-49 victory over Lugoff-Elgin.

Michaela Fairwell, Dutch Fork, Girls Basketball

Fairwell produced a triple-double of 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals as the Silver Foxes downed Lexington 48-33.

Drew Spires, Richard Winn Academy, Boys Basketball

The 6-foot-2 senior poured in a career-high 36 points on 14-of-20 shooting as the Eagles raced past Wardlaw Academy 86-42. Then he topped off his week by scoring 33 points and going over 1,000 for his career in a 65-24 win over Laurens Academy. Spires is averaging 19.6 points per game.

Michael Jones, Pinewood Prep, Boys Basketball

The 6-foot-5 senior posted 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals with only one turnover in the Panthers’ 70-41 win over Laurence Manning Academy.

Joyce Edwards, Camden, Girls Basketball

The superlatives keep piling up for the South Carolina commit. This time Edwards erupted for a school-record 52 points while also getting 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 steals and 5 blocks in a 99-36 rout of Darlington.

Aiyana Murrell, Lewisville, Girls Basketball

The 6-foot-1 sophomore posted a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds in a 45-27 win over C.A. Johnson. But that’s not all. Murrell also had 8 steals, 4 blocked shots and 3 assists.

Landon Butler, Woodruff, Boys Wrestling

Butler won the 144-pound class in the Wade Hampton Winter Classic. A sophomore, Butler improved to 38-4 on the season.


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MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.