Aspen Boutell keeps CatchMark SportsNet Player of Week honor with Hart basketball

The CatchMark SportsNet Player of the Week fan poll took a break for a couple weeks over the holidays.

It returned this week and the award stays with the Hart basketball program.

Hart senior guard Aspen Boutell won a back-and-forth fan-poll battle with Montague junior wrestler Savannah Winkleblack for the Player of the Week accolade for Jan. 2-7, 2023.

Boutell totaled 1,828 votes compared to 1,440 for Winkleblack. See complete voting results for this week’s poll at the bottom of this story.

The weekly fan poll, which recognizes six West Michigan Conference winter sports athletes for this achievements from the week before, closed at noon today (Friday, Jan. 13).

On Dec. 23, Hart siblings Parker and Addi Hovey shared the CatchMark SportsNet Player of the Week honor.

Boutell had a couple of strong performances last week. In last Thursday’s key 54-38 WMC Rivers Division victory at Mason County Central, she led all scorers with 19 points to go along with two assists and great defensive pressure. In Tuesday’s 62-57 home loss to Division 2 Holland Christian, Boutell finished with 16 points and nine assists.