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Rock Hill Herald Fall Sports’ Athletes of the Week Nominees

Ayona Alexander, Andrew Jackson Girls’ Basketball: The 5-foot-11 freshman averaged 18 points, 16 rebounds and five assists in three games this week as Andrew Jackson beat Great Falls and lost to Camden and South Pointe.

Andrew Jackson is 4-3 this season.

Ke’Mari Boyd, Rock Hill Basketball: The 5-foot-9 senior point guard had 10 points, seven assists and four steals in a 57-52 win over Elevation Prep, Dec. 5.

The next night, Boyd had 15 points, seven assists and four steals in a 66-48 victory at Spartanburg.

Boyd finished off the week with 15 points, seven assists and four steals in a 75-70 win over South Pointe.

Boyd is averaging 12 points, 5.4 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.8 rebounds per game for Rock Hill (4-1) this season.

Tydriez Coleman, Great Falls Basketball: The 6-foot-7 senior forward scored 21 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, four blocks and had three assists in a 51-46 win at Buford, Dec. 5.

Coleman also had 17 points, 12 rebounds, six blocks and three steals in a 48-46 win over Andrew Jackson, Dec. 9.

Great Falls (6-1) also won 73-35 over Chesterfield, Dec. 7.

De’Ashaj Crawford, Rock Hill Girls’ Basketball: The 5-foot-6 junior point guard scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds, three steals and had six assists in a 65-34 win at White Knoll, Dec. 7

Crawford also scored 20 points, had four assists, four rebounds and two steals in a 46-39 loss to South Pointe, Dec. 9.

Crawford is averaging 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.4 steals for Rock Hill (3-2) this season.

Corey Dye, Northwestern Wrestling: The Trojans’ junior went 5-0 at 120 pounds this week.

Dye won the 120-pound title with a pin in the finals at the Silver Fox Invitational at Dutch Fork High, where he was named the most outstanding wrestler, Dec. 10.

Zyan Hager, Catawba Ridge Basketball: The 6-foot-1 junior scored 29 points, including seven three pointers, the final of which was the game-winning shot at the buzzer to give Catawba Ridge a 49-46 win at rival, Fort Mill, Dec. 8.

Hager also had 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals in a 55-54 loss to Nation Ford, Dec. 6.

Hager is averaging 21.8 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals for Catawba Ridge (5-1) this season.

Mike Jones, Indian Land Basketball: The 5-foot-9 freshman scored 19 points, had five rebounds, four assists and two steals in a 66-57 win over Marvin Ridge, Dec. 7.

Jones also scored 20 points, had six steals and four assists in a 74-53 victory at Parkwood, Dec. 9.

Jones is averaging 20.5 points, 2.8 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game for Indian Land (5-1) this season.

T.J. Miller, Fort Mill Wrestling: The Yellow Jackets’ senior won the 182-pound title at the South Slam Invitational at Eastside High, Dec. 3.

Miller is a perfect 11-0 overall this season.

Brooklyn Stanley, Catawba Ridge Wrestling: The Copperheads’ sophomore went 2-0 with two pins as she moved up from J.V. to varsity in the Nation Ford/Lewisville Duals, Dec. 6.

The next day, Stanley picked up two more wins, including a pin, against Chesterfield and Forest Hills.

Tamia Watkins, Legion Collegiate Girls’ Basketball: The 6-foot-1 sophomore scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds and two blocks in a 55-47 victory at Cuthbertson, Dec. 9.

The next day, Watkins poured in 24 points and had 11 rebounds and two more blocks in a 78-19 win over Piedmont Classical.

Watkins is averaging 16.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game for Legion Collegiate (7-1) this season.

** Information published today includes statistics through Dec. 10.

If you want to nominate an athlete: Athletes of the week highlights high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes in all sports, both the most accomplished and the underrated or underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the Athletes of the week column, send email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athletes’ name, school, class and applicable game performance statistics. Pictures are also appreciated. Coaches must be willing to verify information.

This story was originally published December 12, 2022 at 2:55 PM.