MaxPreps/NFCA to select Players of the Week

MaxPreps and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) will team each week throughout the fall season to select Players of the Week.

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Aug 1, 2014, 12:00am
CAMERON PARK, Calif, --- MaxPreps.com and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) are teaming up in an effort to promote high school girls softball and highlight accomplishments of the nearly 380,000 student-athletes participating in the sport annually throughout the entire nation.

View the 2014 Player of the Week Winners:
Week 1: August 25 - 31, 2014
Week 2: Sept. 1 - 7, 2014
Week 3: Sept. 8 - 14, 2014
Week 4: Sept. 15 - 21, 2014
Week 5: Sept. 22 - 28, 2014
Week 6: Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2014
Week 7: Oct. 6 - 12, 2014
Week 8: Oct. 13 - 19, 2014
Week 9: Oct. 20 - 26, 2014

MaxPreps will serve as the official statistics and results provider for the NFCA's High School Player of the Week program. Each week during the fall season, the NFCA will choose one Player of the Week who had a great week in play to receive the award.

"MaxPreps.com is extremely proud to be affiliated with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association," said Andy Beal, President, MaxPreps.com. "The support the NFCA has shown the sport of softball is unmatched and their objectives and mission make them a perfect match for MaxPreps.com."

Coaches must submit player statistics to Maxpreps.com in order to make their athlete eligible to win the award. MaxPreps.com publishes schedules, scores and standings for each of the nearly 16,000 schools participating in girls softball across the country. MaxPreps.com also provides high school coaches with team pages, statistical software and a variety of other services, all free of charge.

Based in Louisville, Kentucky the NFCA will use results and statistics provided by MaxPreps.com to assist in its Player of the Week program and aid in the site's efforts to become America's resource for softball information.
Winners will receive a MaxPreps/NFCA branded letterman's patch and recognition on MaxPreps.com.

The Player of the Week program will cover the following states:

Colorado
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma

To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week's award. The NFCA High School Player of the Week will be announced by the Association on www.nfca.org every Monday during the fall season. 

If you have any questions, please contact Kelsey Wagner | kwagner@maxpreps.com | 530-313-9153