Villa Duchesne's Grace Kraeger voted SBLive’s Missouri High School Athlete of the Week (2/26/2024)
Congratulations to Villa Duchesne swimmer Grace Kraeger , who was voted the SBLive Missouri High School Athlete of the Week for February 12-18.
She received more than 47 percent of the total votes for the week.
Kraeger, a junior, won a pair of individual titles, 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard freestyle, and earned an all-state medal in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the Class 1 finals.
Oak Park girls basketball player Lili Everly finished second in the voting after receiving more than 31 percent of the votes.
• Check out our Missouri Athlete of the Week page
PREVIOUS WINNERS: Versailles' Ryder Williams (Feb. 5-11), Springfield Central's Tyrique Brooks (Jan. 29-Feb. 4), Versailles' Ryder Williams (Jan. 22-28), Lee’s Summit West's Logan Bishop (Jan. 15-21), Liberty North's Kennedy Herrig (Jan. 8-14), Smithville's Noellie Parrott (Jan. 1-7), Blue Springs' Jayla Cornelius (Dec. 25-31), Laquey's Alexis Shelton (Dec. 11-17), Pembroke Hill's Holly Woods (Dec. 4-10), Raytown South's Jayla McClinton (Nov. 27-Dec. 3), Kearney's Casey Rooney (Nov. 20-26), Hillsboro's Payton Brown (Nov. 13-19), Logan-Rogersville's Stewart McDonald (Nov. 6-12), Marquette's Robert Williams (Oct. 30-Nov. 5), St. Pius X's Justin Lehn (Oct. 23-29), Portageville's Jamarion Smith (Oct. 16-22), Lutheran North's James Bryant (Oct. 9-Oct. 15), Incarnate Word Academy's Sammi Bergjans (Oct. 2-Oct. 8), St. Joseph’s Academy's Paige Jackson (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), Oakville's Nina Cillo (Sept. 18-24), Grain Valley's Ty Williams (Sept. 11-17), Oakville's Amelia Wiesler (Sept. 4-10), Christian Brothers' Cole McKey (August 28-Sept. 3), St. Pius X's Elena Ruble (August 21-27).
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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Missouri High School Athlete of the Week (2/19/2024)?
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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveMiz