Capturing 54 of the 128 total votes cast, Streator boys golfer Brennen Stillwell is the 2025-26 school year’s first Times Athlete of the Week. Stillwell shot even par through 18 holes at Streator’s 2025 Bulldog Invitational, then won a one-hole playoff to claim individual medalist honors for the runner-up Bulldogs.

Stillwell won on an online ballot that also included runner-up Marley Highland (Flanagan-Cornell girls volleyball), Heather Buhle (Newark girls volleyball) and Alexio Fernandez (Ottawa boys soccer).

The Times Athlete of the Week ballot is posted at the start of the week on X (@jtpedelty) and Facebook (The Times Sports), with voting running until noon Wednesdays.

Here is a Q&A with this week’s Times Athlete of the Week:

Do you have any nicknames?

Stillwell: No.

You men

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