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

By Eric Frantz Oct 1, 2019, 7:00am

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

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MaxPreps is proud to again sponsor the Ohio Athlete of the Week awards during the 2019-20 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 (2 per week) 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.

Last week over 613,000 votes were cast, including 100,000-plus for the winners. So far this school year, the Ohio AOW campaign has generated over 1,548,000 votes.

Here are the latest winners and next round of nominees...

Week 5 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week

* Shane Thornton, Indian Valley (Gnadenhutten) Football
Junior running back produced 229 yards and five touchdowns on 31 carries and added a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a 42-21 win over Sandy Valley.

* Austin Willforth, Champion (Warren) Football
Junior running back carried the ball 28 times for 293 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-24 win over Windham. Also had six tackles (one tackle-for-loss) and added a two-point conversion run.


Week 6 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Jalin Sample, Independence (Columbus) Football
Sophomore running back carried the ball 28 times for 326 yards and six touchdowns in a win over Columbus West. Has rushed for 933 yards in five games.

* Hannah Pierce, Rossford Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals and two assists in a win over Fremont Ross. Added the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Woodmore.
* Lauren Gilliland, Coldwater Volleyball
Senior had 53 kills, 18 digs and 11 blocks as the Cavaliers split games with New Knoxville (lost) and Celina (won). Earlier this year become the first played in program history to reach 1,000-career kills.



* Ethan Burrows, Riverside (De Graff) Football
Junior linebacker had 15 tackles and three fumble recoveries in a win over Elgin.

2019 Ohio High School Volleyball Statewide Stat Leaders

* Kaidie Carstensen, Fairbanks (Milford Center) Volleyball
Senior had 92 digs, 68 kills and 31 blocks in wins over Springfield Catholic Central, Mechanicsburg and Bellefontaine.

* Haley Knore, Minford Girls Soccer
Freshman had back-to-back hat tricks in wins over McDermott Northwest and Portsmouth West.

2019 Ohio High School Boys Soccer Statewide Stat Leaders

* Maya Maurer, Fort Loramie Volleyball
Junior setter had 124 assists in wins over Houston, Jackson Center and Fort Recovery. Has 510 assists this season.

* Logyn Ratliff, New Lexington Football
Junior quarterback threw for 378 yards and five touchdowns in a win over Coshocton.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week

Macy Malin, St. Clairsville Girls Soccer
Junior had four goals and an assist in a win over East Liverpool and four goals in a win over Cambridge. Also had three goals and an assist in a win over Indian Creek.

Addison Fagan, New Richmond Girls Soccer
Senior had five assists and a goal in a win over Goshen.

Week 2 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week

* Kerigan Pollard, McClain (Greenfield) Girls Soccer
Junior had six goals and an assist in a win over Washington Court House and three goals and an assist in a tie with Jackson. Has 43 points (19 goals and five assists) in five games. 

* Caleb Gerken, Perrysburg Football
Senior scored five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving) in a win over Toledo Woodward.



Week 3 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week

* Zach Woodall, National Trail (New Paris) Football
Senior caught 12 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown in a win over bethel. Also had seven tackles, a tackle-for-loss and forced fumble.

* Kylee Kosek, Springfield (New Middletown) Girls Soccer
Junior had six goals and an assist in a win over Waterloo and five goals in a win over Bristol. Has scored four goals or more in five of six games this season (24 goals total) and has 54 total points.

Week 4 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week

* D.J. Moore, Worthington Christian Football
Sophomore receiver caught 10 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown in a 33-26 win over Danville. Through three games has 21 receptions for 463 yards and four touchdowns.

* Julia Bogden, Jackson-Milton (North Jackson) Volleyball
Senior had three straight games of 40-or-more digs in a win over Lowellville and losses to Newton Falls and Waterloo.

* Gabe Jones, West Jefferson Football
Senior running back ran for 257 yards and three touchdowns, including a school record 99-yard score, on 16 carries in a win over Greeneview. Ran for a school-record 312 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries in the Roughriders Week 2 win over Ready. Averaging 13 yards per carry (661 yards on 51 carries) through three weeks and owns 11 touchdowns.

CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2017-18 school year.


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