Orion’s Kyler Owens wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

ORION, Illinois (KWQC) - Orion basketball standout Kyler Owens was voted Spotlight Athlete of the Week after becoming the Chargers’ all time scoring leader.

“Kyler is just a great player” said head coach Larry Anderson. “He really all he wants to do is win and if he has to score points to win that’s what he does and if he has to rebound to win that’s what he does but the main thing is he’s just a competitor and he loves to win and he absolutely is the best teammate you could imagine” he said.

“It means a lot” said Owens. “There’s been a lot of great basketball players to come out of Orion so it feels great to be able to break this record and break a great players record to go out there and with a group of teammates I’ve got it was amazing for them to support me all the way through and just have an amazing achievement” he said.