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

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 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 110,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 325,000 votes have been cast.

Week 2 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Josh Biery, LaBrae (Leavittsburg) Boys Soccer
Junior 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 Soccer
Senior 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.

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

Week 3 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Haley Yoder, Hiland (Berlin) Volleyball
Senior had 31, 21 and 14 kills and 16, 19 and 11 digs, respectively, in wins over New London, Chippewa and Ridgewood. Has 116 kills and 91 digs this season.
 
* Demico Harris, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Football
Junior 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) Football
Junior 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.
 
* Livia Penton, Vermilion Girls Soccer
Senior had four goals and back-to-back hat tricks in wins over Columbian, Port Clinton and Shelby. Has 41 points (19 goals and three assists) this season.
 
* Luke Brand, Milford Football
Junior quarterback completed 34-of-46 passes for 423 yards and two TDs and ran for two TDs in a 52-34 win over Loveland.
 
* Brayden Eldridge, Badin (Hamilton) Boys Soccer
Senior had back-to-back hat tricks (his fourth and fifth of the season) in wins over Talawanda and Roger Bacon. Also had two assists in a 3-0 win over Eaton. Has scored 18 goals and has eight assists this season.
 
* Rylie Simons, Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown) Volleyball
Sophomore went over 1,000 career assists with 55, 44 and 21 in wins over Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, Waynedale and Harding. Has 234 assists this season and 1,094 in two years.
 
* Tuff McConahy, Girard Football
Senior completed 29-of-51 passes for 416 yards and six TDs in a 52-43 loss to West Branch. Has completed 62-of-102 passes for 1,016 yards and 10 TDs this season.