MaxPreps Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now

By Eric Frantz Dec 17, 2024, 7:15am

Who turned in Pennsylvania's top prep performances? You vote, you decide. Last week's winners and this week's nominees.

Who had Pennsylvania's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Pennsylvania Athlete of the Week awards during the 2024-25 school year.

Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each winner receives a digital award patch for their MaxPreps player page. 

How does it work?

Nominees are selected from statistics submitted on MaxPreps. Coaches who do not have current access may request their free account here. Weekly finalists are released on MaxPreps every Tuesday and voting is conducted in a special poll. Voting ceases at noon on Mondays. The winners are announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.

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Participants may manually vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 25,000 votes were cast! So far this school year over 4.3-million votes have been cast.

Week 14-15 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Jude Correa and Nathan Desmond, Wyoming Seminary College Prep (Kingston) Wrestling
Senior tandem won titles at the annual Walsh Ironman Wrestling Tournament (Correa at 215 and Desmond at 126).
 
* Isaac Ellsworth, Uniontown Boys Basketball
Junior drilled 10 three-pointers en route to scoring 37 points in an 81-63 win over Thomas Jefferson. Averaging 22.3 points and 3.7 rebounds.

Below is the latest round of nominees...

Week 16 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Trey Keating, Nativity BVM (Pottsville) Boys Basketball
Junior had 35 points and nine rebounds and 30 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and five steals in wins over Marian Catholic and Weatherly respectively. Leads the state in scoring (31 points per game).
 
* Camron Nixon, Kimberton Waldorf (Kimberton) Girls Basketball
Junior grabbed 23 rebounds (and scored 11 points) in a 54-42 win over Peddie. Averaging 14.4 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.9 steals and 2.9 assists. Has 855 career points to go with 668 rebounds and 271 steals.
 
* Walker Carroll, Cochranton Boys Basketball
Junior had 28 points, 10 steals, eight assists and six rebounds in a 69-62 win over Greenville. Also dropped 27 points in a 76-60 loss to Franklin. Averaging 25.5 points (seventh in the state), 5.5 steals (second in the state), 4.5 rebounds and four assists.
 
* Miracle Hershey, New Covenant Christian (Lebanon) Girls Basketball
Senior had a triple-double (21 points, 12 rebounds, 10 steals and six assists) in a 73-31 win over Lititz Christian. Averaging 15.2 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and 4.4 assists.
 
* Grady Snyder, Central Cambria (Ebensburg) Boys Basketball
Senior had 17 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and four steals in a 69-66 win over Richland. Also had 14 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and five steals in a 65-38 win over Bedford. Has 776 career points, 292 rebounds and 136 assists.
 
* Aubree Hupp, Blackhawk (Beaver Falls) Girls Basketball
Junior hit 13-of-15 free throws en route to 25 points in a 52-38 win over Pine-Richland. Also dropped 25 points in a 59-44 win over Beaver. Averaging 23.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.5 steals.
 
* Chase Smucker, Lampeter-Strasburg Boys Basketball
Senior dropped 37 points in a 52-40 win over York Catholic. Surpassed 1,000-career points the game before with 16 points in a 57-31 win over Lancaster Catholic. Averaging 23 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.3 assists. Has 1,039 career points, 296 rebounds, 154 assists and 114 steals.
 
* Molly Kimmel, Boiling Springs Girls Basketball
Senior had 30 points and 19 rebounds in a 69-30 win over Steelton-Highspire. Averaging 20.2 points, 14 rebounds, 6.4 steals and four assists.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* AJ Hurst, Garden Spot (New Holland, Pa.) Football
Senior completed 21-of-34 attempts for 462 yards and six TDs in a 71-64 loss to Notre Dame-Green Pond. Also had seven tackles and returned an interception 81-yards for a TD.



* Julia Chunta, Forest Hills (Sidman, Pa.) Volleyball
Senior had 99 assists in seven matches as the Rangers opened the season undefeated. Has 2,862 career assists and 490 digs.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Aubrey Ward, Downingtown East (Exton) Volleyball
Senior had 38 and 32 assists in back-to-back wins over Perkiomen Valley and Mt. St. Joseph Academy, respectively. Her 163 assists currently ranks third in Pennsylvania.
 
* Michael Price, Central Bucks East (Doylestown) Football
Sophomore carried the ball 34 times for 191 yards and five TDs in a 42-26 win over Cheltenham.
 
* Jillian Deivert, Shikellamy (Sunbury) Girls Soccer
Senior had back-to-back five-goal game in wins over East Juniata and Hazelton Area. Her 27 points and 12 goals both lead the state.
 
* Cassidy Stancombe, Ferndale (Johnstown) Volleyball
Senior had 31 and 30 digs in back-to-back wins over Conemaugh Valley and Portage.

Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Braxtyn Brown, Columbia Montour Vo-Tech (Bloomsburg) Football
Senior surpassed 3,000 career rushing yards with 401 and five TDs on 20 carries in a 44-14 win over Montrose.
 
* Jacob Van Lierop, Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli) Boys Soccer
Senior surpassed 150 career points with a string of three straight four-goal games in wins over Jim Thorpe, Palisades and Notre Dame-Green Pond. His 22 goals this season leads the state and ranks third nationally, while his 51 points ranks first in the state and sixth nationally.  
 
* Brayden Booher, Lakeview (Stoneboro) Football
Senior had 17 tackles, including 9.5 TFL, and carried the ball 21 times for 103 yards and two TDs in a 31-29 loss to Saegertown. Has 15.5 TFL in three games.

Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Lauren Beamer, Western Wayne (Lake Ariel) Volleyball
Junior went over 500 career kills and 100 career digs with 20 and eight, respectively, in a 3-2 win over Abington Heights. Has 106 kills this season.  
 
* Kaden Carpenter, Forest Hills (Sidman) Boys Soccer
Senior had 14 goals and five assists in wins over United, Central Cambria and Greater Johnstown. His 53 points and 22 goals currently rank 14th nationally. Has 174 career points (69 goals and 36 assists).
 
* Trey Wingard, DuBois Football
Junior completed 23-of-37 passes for 370 yards and five TDs in a 46-43 win over Karns City. Last week completed 13-of-20 passes for 274 yards and five TDS in a 61-7 win over Bradford. His 1,179 passing yards ranks third in the state this season.

Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Hasan Strandzhev, Moravian Academy (Bethlehem) Boys Soccer
Senior had 19 points (nine goals and an assist) in wins over Palmerton and Pen Argyl. His 22 goals and 52 points rank fifth and sixth in the state, respectively. Both tallies are also Top 50 marks nationally. Closing in on 100 career points (has 96).
 
* Lola Wojciechowski, Wyoming Valley West (Plymouth) Girls Soccer
Senior had 31 points (13 goals and five assists) in wins over Berwick, Pittston and Hazleton Area. Her 24 goals and 54 points both rank fourth in the state and are Top 45 marks nationally. Has 172 career points (77 goals and 18 assists).

Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Kalina Powell, Brockway Volleyball
Senior had 24 kills in a win over Kane and 23 in a win over Cameron County. Her 276 kills ranks second in the state this season.
 
* Dylan Depp, Penns Manor (Clymer) Football
Junior had 21 tackles (10 solo) in a 22-16 win over Conemaugh Township. His 88 tackles rank second in the state and 16th nationally. 

Week 7 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Tommy Clark, Dunmore Boys Soccer
Senior had 18 points (eight goals and two assists) in wins over Mid Valley and West Scranton. His 79 points this season rank second in the state and 24th nationally.
 
* Autumn Clewell, Lehighton Volleyball
Junior went over 500 assists this season with 47 in a win over Nativity BVM. Also had 41 assists in a win over Pocono Mountain West. Her 504 assists rank ninth in the state.
 
* Kali Ayres, Troy Volleyball
Senior surpassed 700 career digs with 23 in a win over Loyalsock Township. Also had 33 digs in a loss to Northeast Bradford.

Week 8 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Brady Collins, Clearfield Football
Senior carried the ball 27 times for 170 yards and five TDs in a 41-21 win over Richland. His 1,860 yards rushing this season currently ranks fourth nationally, while his 30 TDs ranks fifth. Career numbers are 4,411 yards rushing and 64 total TDs.
 
* Jackson Vacanti, Greensburg Central Catholic Boys Soccer
Senior had 22 points (nine goals and four assists) in wins over California and Chartiers-Houston. Has 52 points (21 goals and 10 assists) this season.

* Lily McCarty, Sullivan County (Laporte) Girls Soccer
Junior had four goals in a 4-3 win over Meadowbrook Christian and three goals in a 3-1 win over Jersey Shore. Has 60 points (27 goals and six assists) this season.
 
* Ashton Walk, Tyrone Football
Senior completed 17-of-18 passes and went over 7,000 career passing yards with 314 and five TDs in a 55-19 win over Central Cambria. Also carried the ball four times for 28 yards and a TD. Career numbers are 7,083 passing yards, 77 passing TDs, 411 yards rushing and 11 TDs.

Week 9 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Caileb Howse, Lampeter-Strasburg Football
Senior carried the ball 15 times for 323 yards and seven TDs and completed 4-of-5 passes for 55 yards and a TD in a 62-14 win over Twin Valley. Has rushed for 1,030 yards and 18 TDs and thrown for 1,148 yards and 11 TDs this season.
 
* Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion (Clarion, Pa.) Football
Senior had 590 total yards (537 passing and 53 rushing) and completed 36-of-42 passes for six TDs in a 55-0 win over Redbank Valley. His 3,046 total yards currently rank second in Pennsylvania and 16th nationally. Career numbers are 11,504 total yards, 9,405 yards passing and 2,099 yards rushing. Has accounted for 167 total TDs.
 
* Bella Boylan, Holy Redeemer (Wilkes-Barre) Volleyball
Junior had 31, 23, 18 and 15 kills in wins over North Pocono, Western Wayne, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West. Has 238 kills this season and 494 in her career.
 
* Alex Marfink, Sheffield Football
Senior had 26 tackles (19 solo), five TFL and three sacks in a 36-8 win over Bucktail. Has 168 tackles, 16 TFL and 10 sacks this season.

Week 10 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Raven Albrecht, Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia) Volleyball
Senior had had 55 and 44 assists in wins over Methacton and Spring-Ford. Her 866 assists this season currently rank second in the state. Career numbers read 1,874 assists, 771 digs and 286 aces.
 
* Ben Walsh, Souderton Football
Junior completed 18-of-28 passes for 326 yards and five TDs and also ran for a TD in a 47-21 win over Upper Dublin.
 
* Jeremiah Davis, Lewisburg Football
Senior carried the ball 19 times for 337 yards and five TDs in a 49-28 win over Mifflinburg. Has 1,641 yards rushing and 21 TDs this season. Career numbers are 2,752 yards rushing and 33 total TDs.

Week 11 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Max Gallagher, Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley (Rimersburg) Football
Junior had 336 all-purpose yards and five TDs in a 57-30 win over Otto-Eldred/Oswayo Valley.
He carried the ball 16 times for 224 yards and two TDs and caught four passes for 112 yards and three TDs. Also added 10 tackles, including a sack.
 
* Josh Louk, Jim Thorpe Football
Junior had 327 all-purpose yards and four TDs in a 56-27 loss to Southern Lehigh. He caught 10 passes for 250 yards and three TDs and carried the ball eight times for 77 yards and a TD. Also made 11 tackles (seven solo). Has 2,390 career yards (including 1,180 receiving), 20 TDs and 124 tackles.

Week 12 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Quincy Swaim, Bedford Football
Senior carried the ball 36 times for 268 yards and three TDs in an 18-0 win over Berlin Brothersvalley. Has rushed for 1,637 yards and 19 TDs this season and has thrown for 792 yards and six TDs.
 
* Logan Steele, Shamokin Area (Coal Township) Football
Sophomore completed 14-of-29 passes for 273 yards and four TDs in a 28-27 win over Jersey Shore. Has thrown for 1,684 yards and 24 TDs this season.
 
* Maura Oslosky, Greensburg Central Catholic Volleyball
Senior had 32 and 30 assists in back-to-back wins over Clarion-Limestone and West Branch. Has 509 assists and 79 aces this season.

Week 13 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Isaac Ryon, Lackawanna Trail (Factoryville) Football
Junior carried the ball 21 times for 303 yards and thee TDs, had two interceptions and kicked a field goal in a 47-46 loss to Muncy. Finished the year with 1,718 yards rushing and 25 TDs.
 
* Wyatt Ehrenzeller, Juniata (Mifflintown) Football
Senior threw for 263 yards and four TDs and ran for 53 yards in a 27-7 win over Shamokin Area. Has thrown for 1,628 yards and 23 TDs and rushed for 255 yards and seven TDs this season. Career numbers are 3,381 passing yards and 63 total TDs (accounted for).
 
* Tyler Reinhart, Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) Football
Junior had six tackles, three interceptions, two pass deflections and forced a fumble in a 26-14 win over Mechanicsburg.
 
* Eli Zimmerman, Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli) Football
Senior went over 2,000-yards for the season with 222 and two TDs on 17 carries in a 49-7 win over Conwell-Egan Catholic. Averaging 13.1 yards per carry this season (2,062 yards on 158 carries). Has scored 32 total TDs.



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