{"id":24769,"date":"2025-12-09T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=24769"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:39:26","slug":"ehs-athletes-of-the-month-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/24769-ehs-athletes-of-the-month-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"EHS Athletes Of the Month &#8212; November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Effingham Athletic Department runs an Athlete of the Month program every month. Athletes are nominated by coaches based upon the following criteria: Stats. Accomplishments, Character, Coachability, Leadership and Sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations are then sent out to all high school coaches to vote on a winner. There is one male and one female winner each month. Winners receive a Treign Athlete of the Month shirt and get recognition via announcements and local media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 2025 Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24772 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ALYSSA-MARTIN-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ALYSSA-MARTIN-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ALYSSA-MARTIN-640-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alyssa Martin, Sr. &#8212; Girls Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlyssa has helped lead the hearts to a 6-1 record so far this season. She is averaging 16 points per game, and 6 rebounds. She just recently scored her 1,000 th pont versus Mattoon this past week. She is a captain that leads by example of the court. She is an excellent student and puts all of her effort into everything she does.\u201d &#8212; Coach Jeff Schafer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24771 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JENNER-PALS-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JENNER-PALS-640.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JENNER-PALS-640-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Jenner Pals, Soph. &#8212; Boys Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJenner has been our leading scorer and rebounder through our first 5 games of the season. He was recently named to the All Tournament Team at the St. Anthony Thanksgiving tournament. Jenner hit some big shots and got some big rebounds in our win over St. Anthony at the Thanksgiving tournament. Jenner works hard to improve his all-around game and has a very high ceiling on the type of player he can become.\u201d &#8212; Coach Mack Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Effingham Athletic Department runs an Athlete of the Month program every month. Athletes are nominated by coaches based upon the following criteria: Stats. Accomplishments, Character, Coachability, Leadership and Sportsmanship. 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