Emerald Ridge’s Jordan Bennett voted VarsityWA's Basketball Athlete of the Week, Jan. 26-31
Bennett sank the game-winning 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining in a key 4A SPSL victory over Puyallup
Update, Feb. 6: Congratulations to Emerald Ridge’s Jordan Bennett, who was voted as VarsityWA’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for games played Jan. 26-31.
Bennett sank the game-winning 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining, then sewed up a key 4A SPSL victory over Puyallup with a blocked shot on defense. Finished with 12 points.
Thank you to everyone who voted. The next poll (for games played Feb. 2-7) will be posted on Monday, Feb. 9. To nominate an athlete, please send us an email or direct message by 5 p.m. Sunday for consideration.
Original post, Feb. 2: The ninth full week of the high school basketball season in Washington featured big individual playmaking and defensive performances around the state.
Here are 10 standouts up for VarsityWA’s Basketball Athlete of the Week voting for winter-holiday games played the week of Jan. 26-31:
Jordan Bennett, Emerald Ridge boys basketball: Guard sank the game-winning 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining, then sewed up a key 4A SPSL victory over Puyallup with a blocked shot on defense. Finished with 12 points.
Grace DeHoog, Nooksack Valley girls basketball: EWU signee — and rebounding machine — had 13 points and 18 rebounds against Anacortes, and 19 points and 19 rebounds against Cedar Park Christian. Also tallied 24 points against Squalicum.
Ethan DeJong, Sedro-Woolley boys basketball: Against a pair of ranked 2A Northwest Conference foes, DeJong had 33 points (14-of-22) in a win over Sehome, and 27 points (11-of-20) in a win over Burlington-Edison.
Dawson Hintz, Lynden Christian boys basketball: In the annual rivalry extravaganza, the guard poured in a game-high 32 points — 22 coming in the second half — as the Lyncs topped Lynden. His buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave his team a halftime lead.
Adrik Jenkin, Colfax boys basketball: Locked in a tight battle with No. 2 Northwest Christian of Colbert, the senior scored 46 points — 21 coming in the fourth quarter (6-of-6) — as No. 1 Colfax won a 2B Northeast crossover showdown.
Mylee LaComb, Stanwood girls basketball: When you are on — you’re on. And LaComb was from the perimeter, canning a school-record 10 3-pointers and scoring a career-high 30 points in the Spartans’ Wesco win over Marysville-Pilchuck.
Davion Shareef-Dulaney, Lincoln of Tacoma boys basketball: Sophomore was unstoppable with a career-high 42 points and 22 rebounds in the Abes’ 3A PSL road victory over rival Mount Tahoma. It was his second 40-point game of the season.
Joe Stephens, Orcas Island boys basketball: Has posted three consecutive 30-point games during three-game winning streak, including 38 points and a season-high 18 rebounds in a 2B/1B Northwest win over La Conner.
Kaitlyn Waters, Northwest Christian of Colbert girls basketball: Senior guard scored a game-high 20 points, including five 3-pointers, with 13 rebounds and five assists as the defending 2B champions avenged only loss with a win at then-No. 1 Reardan.
Herbie Wright, Prosser girls basketball: Last week’s VarsityWA state athlete winner set the single-game school record — and 2026 state-best mark — with 57 points on 22-of-32 shooting (six 3-pointers) and 13 rebounds in a 2A CWAC win over Toppenish.
Editor’s note: Click on the poll or follow this link to vote. Voting will remain open until noon Friday and is unlimited. To nominate an athlete in future weeks, please send us an email or direct message by 5 p.m. Sunday for consideration.
