Voting now open in Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year contest

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Over the past two weeks, The Sumter Item and Hines Furniture have teamed up with area coaches to select the 24 Athletes of the Year in 24 different high school sports. It’s now time to turn our attention to the voting process to select the overall Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year.

Fans can visit TheItem.com/AOTY to cast their votes in all eight first-round matchups. A total of 16 athletes are eligible for first-round voting while the remaining eight athletes received first round byes. Seeding for the bracket was selected at random.

To see the complete bracket and voting form, go to TheItem.com/AOTY, and a complete list of winners can be found below.

Christian Acevedo | Boys Soccer | Crestwood High School
Cassidy Brunson | Girls Archery | Thomas Sumter Academy
Denae Brunson | Girls Golf | Sumter High School
Santana Christmas | Girls Bowling | Robert E. Lee Academy
Talaysia Cooper | Girls Basketball | East Clarendon High School
William Coulter | Boys Tennis | Wilson Hall
Bella Crowe | Girls Cross Country | Thomas Sumter Academy
Zach Davis | Boys Archery | Thomas Sumter Academy
Josh Fugate | Boys Cross Country | Thomas Sumter Academy
Jonathan Henry | Football | Sumter High School
Ja’Kheem Heyward | Boys Track and Field | Sumter High School
James Hiott | Boys Shooting | Wilson Hall
Elizabeth Hussey | Softball | Laurence Manning Academy
Miller Jones | Boys Golf | Wilson Hall
Hayden Kirkhart | Girls Swimming | Sumter High School
Margaret McMahon | Volleyball | Sumter High School
Jasiah Pack | Girls Soccer | Sumter High School
Juwan Perdue | Boys Basketball | Lakewood High School
Kayla Porter | Girls Track and Field | Wilson Hall
Steve Scholz | Boys Swimming | Wilson Hall
Seth Stamps | Boys Bowling | Laurence Manning Academy
Sarah Faye Turner | Girls Tennis | Laurence Manning Academy
Ann Weathers Blankenship | Girls Shooting | Wilson Hall
Austin Windham | Baseball | Robert E. Lee Academy