MaxPreps and NFCA to Select High School Player of the Week

CAMERON PARK, Calif. --- MaxPreps 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 366,000 student-athletes participating in the sport annually throughout the entire nation.

Spring 2017-18 Winners:
Week 1: February 19 - 25, 2018
Week 2 February 26 - March 4, 2018
Week 3: March 5 - March 11, 2018
Week 4: March 12 - March 18, 2018
Week 5: March 19 - March 25, 2018
Week 6: March 26 - April 1, 2018
Week 7: April 2 - April 8, 2018
Week 8: April 9 - April 15, 2018
Week 9: April 16 - April 22, 2018
Week 10: April 23 - April 29, 2018
Week 13: May 14 - May 20, 2018
Week 14: May 21 - May 27, 2018

To view the Fall 2017-18 winners, click here.

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 spring 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 in order to make their athlete eligible to win the award. MaxPreps publishes schedules, scores and standings for each of the nearly 16,000 schools participating in girls softball across the country. MaxPreps 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 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.

The Player of the Week program will be divided into the following regions:

South Central	South	North	East	West
Arkansas	Alabama	Illinois	Connecticut	Alaska
Iowa	Florida	Indiana	Delaware	Arizona
Kansas	Georgia	Ohio	Maine	California
Oklahoma	Louisiana	Michigan	Massachusetts	Colorado
Missouri	Maryland	Minnesota	New Hampshire	Hawaii
Nebraska	Mississippi	North Dakota	New Jersey	Idaho
Texas	North Carolina	Pennsylvania	New York	Montana
	South Carolina	South Dakota	Vermont	Nevada
	Tennessee	Wisconsin	Washington D.C.	New Mexico
	Virginia			Oregon
	West Virginia			Utah
				Washington
				Wyoming

To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter their athlete's game stats into MaxPreps 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 spring season.

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