Here’s the WMOI/WRAM Athletes of the Week for the week ending August 31st, 2025:
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan Athlete of the Week is senior football player, Elliott Rogers. Elliott picked off three passes in a road win over Mercer County in the season opener. He set a new school record for interceptions in one game, with all of them coming in the first half. Elliott also recovered a fumble in the game, as well.
The United Red Storm Athlete of the Week is senior girls golfer, Meredith Yung. What an astounding start to the season for Meredith. In the last week alone, she won three, 18-hole tournaments. Meredith won the the United Open at Gibson Woods with an 80, the Stark County Invitational with a score of 76 at Midland Gold Club. She finished the week with another 76 in the Mercer County Invite at Valley View Golf Club.
The West Central Heat Athlete of the Week is senior girls golfer, Reegan Shafer. Reegan shot a career best score of 48 at a meet hosted by Bureau Valley High School at Hidden Lake Golf Club. Her score was good enough the capture the meet medalist honors, besting the runnerup by two strokes.
The Galesburg Silver Streak Athlete of the Week is sophomore boys cross country runner, Brayden McGuire. Brayden earned a top-ten finish in the Limestone Rocket Run for the Stars Invitational. His time of 17:19 put him in 9th place out of 50 talented big-school runners.
The Abingdon-Avon Tornado Athlete of the Week is sophomore boys cross country runner, James Shuey. In his first meet of the seaon, James broke the school record at the highly competitive Farmington Farmer Invite. His time of 16:54 was good enough for 9th place out of 75 total runners.
Thanks to our AOTW sponsors…….. Midwest Bank, McDonough Telephone Cooperative – MTC, Kehoe Eye Care and Tompkins State Bank
