Oskaloosa Herald Female Athlete of the Week: Maggie Wilkins

School: Knoxville

Grade: Senior

Sport: Basketball


Position: Guard

Maggie Wilkins led the Knoxville Panthers to a pair of wins last week behind a couple of 30-point scoring efforts.

It started with a 66-65 three overtime thriller against Van Meter where Wilkins went off for 38 points while also being a pest defensively with 11 steals to secure her double-double.

Then Wilkins led Knoxville to a 63-59 win against Oskaloosa, scoring 31 points along with seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. She would hit four threes in the second half while hitting four clutch free throws down the stretch to lock in the win.

On the season, Wilkins is the third leading scorer in Class 3A at 28 points per game while shooting 38.1% from the field, 37.5% from deep and 81.1% from the line to go along with 5.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 5.3 steals per game.

Knoxville (3-0) will try to stay undefeated when they host Clarke (2-2) on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.