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

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 2023-24 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.

Participants may vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 225,000 votes were cast! So far this season 2.4-million votes have been cast.

Week 7 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Ava Utterback, Plainfield Volleyball
Senior had 74 kills and 39 digs last week in wins over Carmel, Danville and Franklin Community. Has 1,146 career kills, 830 digs and 174 blocks.
 
* Nick Witte, Lapel Football
Senior caught 11 passes for 249 yards and a TD and had six tackles, a TFL and an interception in a 29-15 win over Heritage Christian. Has 53 receptions for 745 yards and seven TDs this season. Also has 39 tackles and three interceptions.
 
* Finn Gruver, Muncie Central Boys Soccer
Senior had four goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over Rushville and three goals in a 6-1 win over Delta. Has 56 points (24 goals and eight assists) this season.

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

Week 8 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Brett Fuchs, Homestead (Fort Wayne) Football
Senior carried the ball 23 times for 355 yards and six TDs in a 42-0 win over Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran. Has rushed for 1,225 yards and 14 TDs this season.
 
* Kervens Saint Paul, Speedway Boys Soccer
Senior netted six goals in a 9-0 win over Purdue Polytechnic. Has 37 goals (third in Indiana) and 80 points (23rd in the country) this season.
 
* Trey Rominger, Paoli Football
Senior carried the ball 25 times for 354 yards and four TDs in a 57-7 win over Mitchell to surpass 5,000 career rushing yards. He has three straight 1,000-yard seasons and 5,068 yards and 61 TDs on 602 carries (8.4 yards per carry average).
 
* Kamden Pierce, Providence (Clarksville) Girls Soccer
Sophomore had seven assists and two goals in a 12-0 win over Austin. Has 22 goals and 22 assists (ranks 10th nationally) this season.
 
* Cian Moore, Covington Football
Junior scored six TDs – three rushing, two via punt return and one on an interception return – in a 54-6 win over Attica. Has 17 TDs this season (including two receiving).
 
* Alex Broshears, Evansville Memorial Football
Junior went over 100 tackles on the season with 21 solos, four assists and three TFL in a 6-0 loss to Vincennes Lincoln. His 108 tackles ranks ninth in the state this season.
 
* Ben Rudolph, Ben Davis (Indianapolis) Football
Went 4-for-4 on field goals and 2-for-2 on PATs in a 26-23 win over Lawrence Central. Has hit 9-of-10 FGs and 38-of-40 PATs this season.
 
* Keliah Smith, Tipton Volleyball
Senior went over 1,000-career kills with  101 last week in wins over Rossville, Tri-Central, Maconaquah, Twin Lakes and Rochester and a loss to Western. Has 371 kills this season.

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Conner Burton, Winamac Boys Soccer
Senior dropped 25 points, including 12 goals, in wins over Delphi Community and Oregon-Davis and a loss to Glenn.
 
* Gavin Knight, Hammond Bishop Noll Football
Junior had three interceptions and seven tackles in a 30-18 win over South Bend Clay.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Nate Luzadder, Frankton Football
Sophomore carried the ball 36 times for 179 yards and five TDs as the Eagles beat Lapel, 38-37, for the first time since 2012, snapping a 13-game losing streak in the series.
 
* Micah Foss, Greencastle Boys Soccer
Sophomore had five goals in a 9-0 win over Brown County and three goals in a 3-2 win over Crawfordsville. Also had a goal and assist in a 4-0 win over Indian Creek. His 17 goals and 36 points both rank No. 1 in the state.

Week 3 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Sam Craig, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 294 yards and three TDs in a 50-48 win over Benton Central. Also made seven tackles and had a forced fumble on defense.
 
* Caleb Delorenzo, Trinity (South Bend) Boys Soccer
Senior had two four-goal games in wins over New Prairie and Glenn (added two assists) and two goals and an assist in a win over Bremen. Also had two goals and an assist in a win over South Bend Riley for the undefeated Tians.
 
* Peyton Geer, Evansville Christian Girls Soccer
Sophomore had four goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over North Knox and back-to-back hat tricks (three goals each) in shutout wins over Evansville Harrison and Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran. Has 35 points (20 goals and three assists this season.

Week 4 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Eli Quasebarth, North White (Monon) Football
Senior carried the ball 21 times for 308 yards and six TDs in a 56-30 win over Tri-County. Has carried the ball 77 times for 945 yards and 16 TDs this season.
 
* Jayden DeFalco, Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis) Football
Senior completed 19-of-31 passes for 223 yards and six TDs and carried the ball nine times for 66 yards and two TDs in a 56-26 win over the Texas School for the Deaf. Has accounted for 22 TDs in four games.
 
* Kynnadi Bell, Yorktown Volleyball
Senior surpassed 1,000-career assists with 161 last week in wins over Mt. Vernon, Brownsburg and Carmel and a loss to Hamilton Southeastern.
 
* Nolan Kinsella , Munster Boys Soccer
Senior had four goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over Andrean and three goals in an 8-0 win over Merrillville. Has 24 goals and three assists this season.

Week 5 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Coltyn McNabb, North Daviess (Elnora) Football
Junior carried the ball 15 times for 425 yards (28.3 yards per touch) and four TDs in a 56-28 win over Edinburgh. Has carried the ball 74 times for 874 yards (11.8 average) and nine TDs in five games.
 
* Emma Segal, Frontier (Chalmers) Volleyball
Senior had 40 kills in a five-set win over Faith Christian. Also had 25 and 17 kills in three-set wins over Twin Lakes and North Newton. Has 1,616 career kills.
 
* Carson Cheek, South Dearborn (Aurora) Football
Junior carried the ball 21 times for 204 yards and seven TDs in a 74-0 win over Greensburg.

Week 6 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Maverick Geske, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory (Indianapolis) Football
Junior completed 30-of-43 passes for 429 yards and five TDs in a 39-23 win over Roncalli. Has completed 111-of-178 passes for 1,541 yards and 18 TDs this season.
 
* Halle Archer, Switzerland County (Vevay) Girls Soccer
Senior went over 200 career points last week with 16 goals and two assists in wins over Southwestern, Austin, Shawe Memorial and Corydon Central. Currently has 213 career points (83 goals and 47 assists).
 
* Corbin Johnson, South Decatur (Greensburg) Football
Junior carried the ball 26 times for 375 yards and four TDs in a 27-13 win over Cloverdale. Has carried the ball 76 times for 1,119 yards and 18 TDs in six games.