Who had
Ohio's best individual performances?
You vote, you
decide. MaxPreps is proud to again sponsor the Ohio Athlete of
the Week awards during the 2023-24 school year.
~ Each week during the season, 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
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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 1.2-million votes were
cast! So far this school year 1.7-million votes have been
cast.
Week 5 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
* Blake Wagener, Maumee Boys SoccerJunior
ranks No. 1 in Ohio in points (72) and goals (30). Had five goals and
an assist in an 8-0 win over Liberty Center and three goals and two
assists in an 11-0 win over Swanton.
* Nate Toton, Open Door Christian (Elyria) Boys
SoccerSenior had six goals and three assists in a
12-3 win over Lorain and four goals and two assists in 7-0 win over
Brookside. Has 20 goals, 14 assists and 54 points this season.
Here is
the school year's next
round of
nominees...
Week 6 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week
Nominees
* JJ Miller, Williamsburg Football
Senior completed 12-of-17 passes for 347 yards and six TDs and carried the ball three times for 54 yards in a 48-6 win over Fayetteville-Perry. Has thrown 1,833 yards and 27 TDs and rushed for 567 yards ad six TDs this season. His 2,390 total yards leads Ohio.
* Jordan Frantz, Bellbrook Girls Soccer
Junior goalkeeper became the second girl in SWBL history and 43rd girl in state history to surpass 500 career saves with 13 in a 1-1 tie against Lakota East. Followed that with back-to-back shutouts in wins over Edgewood and Miamisburg. Her 508 career saves currently ranks 41st in Ohio history.
* Kameron Stover, Highland (Marengo) Volleyball
Junior had 45 kills in a 3-2 win over Pleasant. Now owns two of the state’s Top 10 single-match marks for kills. Had 48 earlier this season in 3-2 win over Jonathan Alder. Has 988 career kills and leads the state this season with 421 kills.
* Ayden Reymer, Crestview (Ashland) Football
Sophomore carried the ball 23 times for 303 yards and four TDs in a 41-7 win over South Central.
* Andrea Reeves, Toronto Volleyball
Senior had 56, 44, 44 and 33 assists in wins over Monroe Central, Steubenville Catholic Central, David Anderson and Wheeling Central Catholic. Her 600 assists ranks No. 1 in the state this season.
* Peyton Jackson, Fairland (Proctorville) Football
Senior completed 14-of-22 passes for 363 yards and five TDs in a 40-35 win over Gallia Academy. Has thrown for 1,354 yards and 18 TDs this season.
* Andrew Rusnak, Madison Boys Soccer
Senior had seven goals and three assists in a 15-0 win over Lakeside and five goals and an assist in a 13-1 win over Conneaut. Has 26 goals and eight assists this season.
* Kyler Sapp, Edon Football
Junior completed 27-of-38 passes for 361 yards and four TDs and carried the ball 12 times for 75 yards and a TD in a 35-34 win over Montpelier.
Previous Winners
Week 1 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
*
Julian Patti, Rocky River
FootballSenior completed 22-of-33 passes for 421
yards and five TDs in a 55-42 win over Harvey.
* Karlee Plozay, Bethel (Tipp City)
VolleyballSenior had 28 kills and 24 digs in a 3-2
win over Dayton Christian.
Week 2 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
*
Josh Biery, LaBrae (Leavittsburg) Boys
SoccerJunior became the 17th player in state history
to score eight goals or more in a game when he had eight goals and an
assist in a 14-0 win over Garfield Heights.
* Mansour M'baye, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland) Boys
SoccerSenior started the season with five hat tricks
or better en route to scoring an Ohio-leading 21 goals in wins over
Cornerstone Christian, Euclid, Cuyahoga Heights, Brush and Brookside.
His 45 points ranks No. 1 in the state as well.
Week 3 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
*
Demico Harris, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place
FootballJunior carried the ball 26 times for 306
yards and three TDs in a 40-20 win over Shroder Paideia Academy. Through
three games he has 79 carries for 856 yards and 11 TDs.
* Dylan Smith, Norwayne (Creston)
FootballJunior caught six passes for 147 yards and a
TD and had three interceptions, one of which he returned for a TD, in a
38-25 win over Heath.
Week 4 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
*
Korbin Johnston, Kenton FootballJunior
completed 45-of-57 passes for 470 yards and four TDs and carried the
ball 30 times for 208 yards and two TDs in 38-34 win over Bath.
Connected with receiver Grady Kleman-Beazley as time expired for 55-yard
game-winning score.
* Janiaus Hall, Lima Senior
FootballSophomore completed 25-of-40 passes for 438
yards and five TDs in a 45-14 win over Northview. Has thrown for 1,176
yards and nine TDs this season.
*
Max Hagans, Wheelersburg Boys
SoccerSenior ran his string of hat tricks to four
with three goals and two assists in a 6-0 win over Lucasville Valley and
four goals in a 7-1 win over Fairland. Has 20 goals and six assists in
seven games.
