Vote for The Herald’s high school athlete of the week (Dec. 19, 2025)

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This week’s nominees

Ni’Yonna Asbelle, Andrew Jackson girls’ basketball: The 5-11 senior scored 37 points, making nine 3-pointers, to go with 15 rebounds, five assists and one steal in a 74-22 win over Lee Central on Dec. 9.

The next night, Asbelle scored 32 points, had nine rebounds, seven assists and seven steals in a 71-14 victory at Lewisville.

Asbelle, a UNC Asheville commit, is averaging 26 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 4.2 steals per game for Andrew Jackson (3-4) this season.

Zeke Clyburn, Andrew Jackson basketball: The 6-5 senior forward scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a 60-13 win over Lee Central on Dec. 9.

Clyburn also scored 22 points and had 20 rebounds in a 67-41 victory at Lewisville on Dec. 10.

Clyburn is averaging 23.4 points and 15.6 rebounds per game for Andrew Jackson (4-1) this season.

A.J. Cureton, Nation Ford basketball: The 5-9 freshman scored 24 points, had seven assists, three rebounds and one steal in a 67-63 win on Dec. 9.

Cureton followed that up with 15 points, four assists, one assist and one steal in a 58-57 victory at Providence on Dec. 10.

Cureton finished off the week with seven points, seven assists, four rebounds and one steal in a 72-58 win over Wren on Dec. 13.

Cureton is averaging 13.7 points, 3.3 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals for Nation Ford (6-3) this season.

Jermier Nelson, Fort Mill basketball: The 6-2 sophomore point guard scored 28 points, had five rebounds, one assists and two steals in a 52-45 win over Lancaster on Dec. 9.

The next night, Nelson scored 15 points, had four rebounds, four assists and one steal in a 69-53 win at Gaffney.

Nelson finished the week with 23 points, six assists, two rebounds and one steal in an 81-46 win at Maiden in the 828 Showcase on Dec. 13.

Nelson is averaging 20.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 assists per game for Fort Mill (8-2) this season.

Clara Powell, Clover girls’ basketball: The 5-10 senior scored 10 points, had three rebounds, one steal and one block in a 61-18 win over West Mecklenburg on Dec. 12.

Powell also scored 16 points, grabbed six rebounds and three steals in a 52-4 win at York on Dec. 13.

Tre Raymon, South Pointe basketball: The 6-8 senior scored 15 points, had eight rebounds and four assists in a 44-36 win over Northwestern on Dec. 9.

Raymon also scored 26 points, grabbed seven rebounds and two assists in a 52-51 win over rival Rock Hill on Dec. 12.

Raymon is averaging 21.4 points and 7.8 rebounds for South Pointe (6-4) this season.

Jacob Suita, Legion Collegiate basketball: The 6-3 senior scored 19 points, had five rebounds and three assists in a 63-62 win at York Prep on Dec. 12.

Suita also scored 18 points, two rebounds and two assists in a 70-59 loss at Asheville School on Dec. 9.

Reid Whitesell, Rock Hill wrestling: The Bearcats’ junior won the 157-pound title at the Newton Conover Red Devils’ Super Duals on Dec. 12-13.

Whitesell was a perfect 9-0 in his run to the title at the same event.

Taylon Winker, Catawba Ridge wrestling: The Copperheads’ sophomore went 6-0 last week to win the 126-pound title at the Kingsley Wrestling Tournament in Fort Mill on Dec. 13.

Winker is 17-3 overall this season.

Note: Information published today includes statistics through December 13.

This story was originally published December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM with the headline "Vote for The Herald’s high school athlete of the week (Dec. 19, 2025)."