KeKe McKay helped launch a winning streak for Warren Central on the softball field and in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest.

McKay received 1,409 of the 2,823 votes cast in an online poll of The Post’s readers to edge Vicksburg High baseball player Mincer Minor for this week’s award.

Minor finished second, with 1,106 votes. St. Aloysius baseball player Carson Smith was third, with 307 votes, and Porter’s Chapel Academy baseball player Carson Hays was fourth with 67.

McKay, a sophomore shortstop with Warren Central’s softball team, batted .400 with three RBIs and four runs scored during a three-game winning streak.

She had two hits and scored twice in an 8-7 win against Loyd Star on March 6. Her single started a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning that gave the Lady Vikes a walk-off win. McKay then went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and scored twice in a 13-0 win over Bogue Chitto on March 14.

For the season, McKay is batting .361 with four RBIs and nine runs scored in 12 games.

Congratulations to KeKe and the other nominees, and thank you to our readers for voting.

The nominees for the Athlete of the Week award are announced each Sunday, and voting is open until midnight Tuesday. Links to the poll will be posted on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter/X pages, as well as vicksburgpost.com.