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

Who had Indiana's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Indiana Athlete of the Week awards during the 2023-24 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.

Participants may vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 365,000 votes were cast!

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Conner Burton, Winamac Boys Soccer
Senior dropped 25 points, including 12 goals, in wins over Delphi Community and Oregon-Davis and a loss to Glenn.
 
* Gavin Knight, Hammond Bishop Noll Football
Junior had three interceptions and seven tackles in a 30-18 win over South Bend Clay.

Here is the school year's first round of nominees...

Week 2 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Nate Luzadder, Frankton Football
Sophomore carried the ball 36 times for 179 yards and five TDs as the Eagles beat Lapel, 38-37, for the first time since 2012, snapping a 13-game losing streak in the series.
 
* Micah Foss, Greencastle Boys Soccer
Sophomore had five goals in a 9-0 win over Brown County and three goals in a 3-2 win over Crawfordsville. Also had a goal and assist in a 4-0 win over Indian Creek. His 17 goals and 36 points both rank No. 1 in the state.
 
* Bryn VanVleet, Seton Catholic (Richmond) Volleyball
Junior had 36, 32 and 25 kills win wins over Blue River Valley, Southwestern and Connersville. Ranks third in the state with 209 kills.
 
* Levi Ostler, Clinton Prairie (Frankfort) Football
Senior had 13 tackles, including nine tackles-for-loss, in a 39-8 win over Frankfort.
 
* Samantha Gooding, New Palestine Volleyball
Sophomore had 64 assists and 11 digs in a 3-2 marathon win over Hamilton Heights. Her 282 assists ranks fourth in the state.
 
* Cannon Brunes, Western Boone (Thorntown) Football
Senior had 19 tackles (14 solo) and seven TFL in a 21-13 win over Western. Also carried the ball 17 times for 96 yards and two TDs.
 
* Emery Newlin, Monrovia Girls Soccer
Junior had five goals in a 7-0 win over Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. That followed back-to-back four-goal games in wins over Owen Valley and Southmont.  
 
* Corey Noonan, Boone Grove (Valparaiso) Football
Senior had three interceptions and returned one for one of his three TDs in a 53-6 win over South Bend Clay. Also ran for a score and caught a TD pass.