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

By Eric Frantz Oct 1, 2024, 8:15am

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

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 225,000 votes were cast! So far this school year over 1.3-million votes have been cast.

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).
 

Below is the latest round of nominees...


Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Jasper Shepps, Juniata (Mifflintown) Football
Junior accounted for six TDs in a 49-7 win over Susquenita. Caught seven passes for 148 yards and five TDs and returned an interception 60 yards for a TD. Has 2,336 career receiving yards and 24 TDs on 122 receptions. Also has 123 career tackles and 18 interceptions.
 
* Carter Sindlinger, General McLane (Edinboro) Boys Soccer
Junior had 29 points (13 goals and three assists) in wins over Grove City, Bradford and Warren. His 69 points and 30 goals rank second and third in the state, respectively, and 23rd and 18th nationally.
 
* Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion Football
Senior completed 15-of-22 passes for 302 yards and six TDs and carried the ball 10 times for 103 yards in a 65-0 win over Karns City. Has thrown for 1,208 yards and 22 TDs this season. Career numbers read 8,253 passing yards, 119 passing TDs, 1,897 rushing yards and 24 TDs.
 
* Samantha Papcunik, Forest Hills (Sidman) Girls Soccer
Junior had six goals and an assists in a win voer Philipsburg-Osceola. Her 27 goals this season ranks fifth in the state. Has 174 career points and 78 goals.  
 
* Madyx Gruber, Wilson (West Lawn) Football
Senior completed 15-of-20 passes for 232 yards and five TDs and carried the ball 19 times for 204 yards in a 43-20 win over Governor Mifflin. Also had three tackles and a forced fumble.
 
* 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.
 
* Andrew Field, St. Marys Football
Junior had 14 tackles, six TFL, two sacks, 14 carries, 66 yards rushing and two TDs in a 44-26 win over Brookville. Has 42 tackles, 15 TFL, 442 yards rushing and eight TDs 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. 



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.