Poll results: Volleyball star from Breese Central is Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week

Volleyball player Ella Jackstadt of Central High School in Breese is the Belleville News-Democrat Athlete of the Week, as selected by readers of bnd.com.

Jackstadt, a junior, led her team to win the championship over Columbia at the O’Fallon Autumn Classic and made the All-Tournament Team at O’Fallon Autumn Classic. In 7 games, she totaled 170 assists, 44 digs, 64 serve attempts, 11 assisted blocks, and 9 kills.

Jackstadt received 84% of the votes after the Central Cougars’ win streak continues this season.

Here are this week’s other nominees:

• Lindsey Muskopf, Freeburg High School, Senior, 6-Rotation Outside: Muskopf collected 46 kills, 66 digs, 27 service points, and 4 solo blocks in 6 matches. Lindsey was also named the tournament MVP at the Monster Mash tournament over the weekend after the teams championship victory over Mascoutah.
• Adam Reiniger, Collinsville High School, Senior, Forward: Reiniger had 3 goals along with the game-winning goal in the Kahoks 5-2 victory over O’Fallon.
• Micah James, Columbia High School, Junior, Forward: James had 2 goals in the Eagles 8-0 victory over Metro-East Lutheran.

The poll ended at 10 a.m. Friday.

To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers.

This story was originally published October 21, 2023 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Poll results: Volleyball star from Breese Central is Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week."