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

By Eric Frantz Sep 6, 2022, 6:30am

Who turned in Indiana's top prep performances? You vote, you decide.

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 2022-23 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 letter and award patch for their varsity jacket. 

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 400,000 votes were cast. So far this school year over 1.3-million votes have been cast.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Paige Chickadaunce, Sullivan Girls Soccer
Senior had five goals and three assists in an 8-1 win over White River Valley, four goals and three assists in a 10-1 win over Edgewood and three goals in a 3-0 win over Owen Valley. Has 17 goals, eight assists and 42 points through six games. 
 
* Makenna Rankins, Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) Volleyball
Sophomore had 46, 41 and 30 assists in wins over Connersville (3-1), Eastern Hancock (3-1) and Richmond (3-0), respectively. Has 166 assists in five matches.

Here are the school year's next round of nominees...


Week 3 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Skyler Thacker and Jarron Murry, Beech Grove Football
Senior tandem had a night to remember in a 51-35 win over Speedway. Thacker, a QB, completed 17-of-32 passes for 400 yards and five TDs, while Murray, a WR, caught nine passes for 257 yards and four TDs and carried the ball three times for 81 yards and a TD.
 
* Wil Anders, Terre Haute North Vigo Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and an assist in a 10-0 win over South Vermillion and five goals and an assist in a 6-2 win over West Vigo. Also had a goal in a 5-2 loss to Bloomington South. Has 23 goals and three assists in seven games.
 
* Asharia Hernandez, Lafayette Jefferson Girls Soccer
Junior had three hat-trick games with four goals and two assists in an 11-0 win over Kokomo, three goals and an assists in a 4-0 win over Logansport and three goals and an assist in a 5-2 win over Benton Central. Has 21 goals and four assists in seven games.
 
* Jerome White, North Vermillion (Cayuga) Football
Junior carried the ball 20 times for 155 yards and five TDs in a 57-36 win over Covington.
 
* Emery Porter, NorthWood (Nappanee) Volleyball
Junior had 56 assists in a 3-2 win over Concord, 48 assists in a 3-1 win over Fairfield and 34 assists in a 3-0 win over South Bend Joseph. Has 285 assists, 70 digs, 15 kills and 13 aces in nine matches.
 
* Owen Duff, Carroll (Flora) Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and an assist in a 10-0 win over Lafayette Central Catholic, four goals in a 7-3 win over Twin Lakes and two goals and two assists in a 6-0 win over Rossville. Has 23 goals and seven assists in eight games.
 
* Kate Thomas, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield) Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals in a 9-0 win over Rensselaer Central and four goals and an assist in a 10-0 win over Merrillville. Has 19 goals and two assists in six games.
 
* Jessica Tribble, Crawfordsville Volleyball
Senior had over 300 assists in each match and 96 total in a win over Attica (3-0) and losses to Lebanon (3-1) and Terre Haute North Vigo (3-2). Has 311 assists in 11 matches. 


Previous Winners

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Evan Gerber, Culver Academies (Culver) Football
Senior defensive lineman had 12 tackles, nine TFL, five sacks, four hurries and a forced fumble in a 17-14 win over Indianapolis Arsenal Tech.
 
* Parker Burk, Tri (Straughn) Football
Senior scored eight TDs in a 68-12 win over Union City. Carried the ball eight times for 182 yards and seven TDs and caught one pass for 21 yards and a TD.
 
* Halle Archer, Switzerland County (Vevay) Girls Soccer
Junior had five goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over Milan and four goals in a 9-0 win over South Ripley.