Pope's Blythe Keisler is voted SBLive Georgia Athlete of the Week

Here's a look at Keisler's stellar performance

Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Pope's Blythe Keisler, the winner of SBLive Georgia's Athlete of Week award as voted by Georgia high school sports fans.

Keisler received more than 8,800 votes and 57.10% of our state-wide vote after he threw six innings of shutout ball, with 10 strikeouts, and earned the victory.

If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivega.

Here are all the other athletes that were nominated for Feb. 13-18:

Collin Smith, Southeast Bulloch Boys Basketball

Smith was outstanding for his team in its opening playoff win. He showed up and showed out, breaking a school record for points in a game with his 50-point performance.

Tyler Bayer, South Forsyth Baseball

Bayer went 1-2 at the plate with a home run and in his one inning of relief went three up, three down with three strikeouts.

Antonio Anderson, North Atlanta Baseball

The Georgia Tech commit, went off versus Westminster with a grand-slam and great defense manning the shortstop position.

Terrell Wright, Columbia Boys Basketball

Wright secured his first triple-double with a stat-line of 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 blocks to help Colombia win its region championship.

KJ Moon, North Oconee Baseball

Moon had three innings of work and struck out every batter he faced.

Braedan Lue, Alexander Boys Basketball

Lue took over the game versus Paulding County and finished with 20 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks.

Cooper Welch, Rabun County Boys Basketball

Welch was dominant in a win over Tallulah Falls. He scored 20 points, had 10 boards, with six assists and two blocks and steals.

Joe Cable, Riverridge Baseball

Cable had a great showing in the team's opening game. At the plate he went 3-3 with a single and two doubles while also catching. Until he came in for an inning of relief and struck out every batter he faced.

Elle Kaufman, Lovett Girls Wrestling

Kaufman put in the work all year and is now the only Lovett Girls State Champion.

Diana Collins, Brookwood Girls Basketball

Collins' 24 point, 15 rebound double-double helped her team win its third straight region title.

Aniya Moon, Elbert County Girls Basketball

Moon had a game high 27 points leading all scorers, with six rebounds and three steals to lead her team to a 61-41 win over Rabun County.

Riley Black, Chestatee Girls Basketball

Black scored 10 of her 21 points to help her team fend off East Hall. She also had 14 rebounds and four assists.

Maleah Harrison, East Hall Girls Basketball

Harrison went off in a close contest versus Chestatee, finishing with 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Jade Weatherby, Brookwood Girls Basketball

Weatherby had herself a night in the blowout victory over South Gwinnett. She finished the game with 10 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and her 15 points gave her 1,000 for her career.

Reya Johnson, Statesboro Girls Basketball

Johnson showed off her versatility with a triple-double in the win over Coffee. She finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 steals.

Dani Tofye, Rockdale County Girls Basketball

Tofye dominated Lovejoy and was a couple assists shy of a triple-double. She finished with a team high 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.

Kameron Herring, Woodward Academy Girls Basketball

Herring couldn't be stopped by Forest Park. She scored 28 points, making five threes, grabbed seven rebounds, had two assists, four steals and added a block.


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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.