MaxPreps and the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) will team up again each week throughout the spring season to select Players of the Week.
CAMERON PARK, Calif. --- MaxPreps and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) are teaming up in an effort to promote high school girls softball and highlight accomplishments of the nearly 366,000 student-athletes participating in the sport annually throughout the entire nation.
Spring 2017-18 Winners:
Week 1: February 19 - 25, 2018 Week 2 February 26 - March 4, 2018Week 3: March 5 - March 11, 2018
Week 4: March 12 - March 18, 2018
Week 5: March 19 - March 25, 2018
Week 6: March 26 - April 1, 2018
Week 7: April 2 - April 8, 2018Week 8: April 9 - April 15, 2018
Week 9: April 16 - April 22, 2018
Week 10: April 23 - April 29, 2018Week 13: May 14 - May 20, 2018Week 14: May 21 - May 27, 2018To view the Fall 2017-18 winners,
click here.
MaxPreps will serve as the official statistics and results provider for the NFCA's High School Player of the Week program. Each week during the spring season, the NFCA will choose one Player of the Week who had a great week in play to receive the award.
"MaxPreps.com is extremely proud to be affiliated with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association," said Andy Beal, President, MaxPreps.com. "The support the NFCA has shown the sport of softball is unmatched and their objectives and mission make them a perfect match for MaxPreps.com."
Coaches must submit player statistics to MaxPreps in order to make their athlete eligible to win the award. MaxPreps publishes schedules, scores and standings for each of the nearly 16,000 schools participating in girls softball across the country. MaxPreps also provides high school coaches with team pages, statistical software and a variety of other services, all free of charge.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky the NFCA will use results and statistics provided by MaxPreps to assist in its Player of the Week program and aid in the site's efforts to become America's resource for softball information. Winners will receive a MaxPreps/NFCA branded letterman's patch and recognition on MaxPreps.
The Player of the Week program will be divided into the following regions:
| South Central | South | North | East
| West |
Arkansas
| Alabama
| Illinois | Connecticut | Alaska |
| Iowa | Florida | Indiana | Delaware | Arizona |
| Kansas | Georgia | Ohio | Maine | California |
| Oklahoma | Louisiana | Michigan | Massachusetts | Colorado |
| Missouri | Maryland | Minnesota | New Hampshire
| Hawaii |
| Nebraska | Mississippi | North Dakota
| New Jersey
| Idaho |
| Texas | North Carolina
| Pennsylvania | New York
| Montana |
| | South Carolina
| South Dakota
| Vermont | Nevada |
| | Tennessee | Wisconsin | Washington D.C.
| New Mexico
|
| | Virginia | | | Oregon |
| | West Virginia
| | | Utah |
| | | | | Washington |
| | | | | Wyoming |
To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter their athlete's game stats into MaxPreps by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week's award. The NFCA High School Player of the Week will be announced by the Association on www.nfca.org every Monday during the spring season.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelsey Wagner | kwagner@maxpreps.com | 530-313-9153
