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

By Eric Frantz Sep 10, 2024, 5:30am

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

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 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 680,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 1.4-million votes have been cast.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Brock Shank, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Senior went over 4,000-career passing yards with 412 yards and six TDs on 15-of-27 passing in a 45-27 win over Eastern. Now has 4,166 career yards and 37 TDs.
 
* Ava McCune, Culver Community (Culver) Girls Soccer
Freshman scored six goals in a 7-2 win over South Bend Riley and three goals in a 4-2 win over DeMotte Christian. Her 17 goals and 36 points currently rank seventh and ninth nationally, respectively.
 
*Cale Barger, Scottsburg Boys Soccer
Junior scored seven goals in an 8-0 win over Lanesville.

Below is the latest round of nominees...


Week 3 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Kiara Desiderio, Hanover Central (Cedar Lake) Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals in a 7-1 win over West Lafayette and four goals and two assists in a 5-1 win over Highland. Her 47 points leads Indiana and is fifth nationally, while her 22 goals leads Indiana and is third nationally.
 
* Eli Falkenberg, Carroll (Flora) Boys Soccer
Senior ran his string of hat trick-or-better games to five straight with three goals in a 6-2 win over Rossville, three goals in a 3-1 win over Lafayette Central Catholic and four goals in a 7-0 win over Eastern. His 44 points and 21 goals currently leads Indiana. Has 224 career points (90 goals and 44 assists)
 
* Jameson Crawford, Knightstown Football
Junior carried the ball 11 times for 202 yards and seven TDs in a 75-0 win over Union County.
 
* Katie McCashland, Union County (Liberty) Volleyball
Senior had 55 digs in a 3-1 win over Connersville. Went over 1,000-career digs earlier this season and has 1,090 to-date.
 
* Matthew Saaty, Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 398 yards and four TDs and completed 5-of-11 passes for 90 yards and a TD in a 48-44 loss to Traders Point Christian.
 
* Drake McClurg, Center Grove (Greenwood) Football
Sophomore caught 11 passes for 238 yards and two TDs in a 24-10 win over Trinity (Ky.).
 
* Chase Lemming, Seeger (West Lebanon) Volleyball
Junior had 20 kills in a 2-1 loss to Sheridan to go over 900-career kills. Had 27 kills in a 3-0 win over Attica.
 
* Jonathan Pearson, Tri-County (Wolcott) Football
Senior had 25 tackles, four TFL, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and two TDs in a 24-12 loss to West Central.



Previous Winners

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Marco Castro, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, Ind.) Football
Senior carried the ball 34 times for 336 yards and three TDs in a 23-0 win over Rensselaer Central.
 
* Keira Lucas, Northview (Brazil, Ind.) Volleyball
Senior leads the state with 155 kills. Had a season-high 33 in a 3-1 win over Plainfield. Also has 159 digs. Has 1,686 career kills and 1,002 digs.
 
* Noah Moore, White River Valley (Switz City, Ind.) Boys Soccer
Sophomore has a state-best 22 points entering the week. Had four goals in a 9-0 win over Austin and three goals and an assist in a 7-1 win over Clarksville.