Day, Bryan, Burris, Floyd named 2018-19 MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Player of Week
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –
Allie Day of
St. Anthony (Effingham, Ill.),
Ivy Bryan of
Thomas Heyward Academy (Ridgeland, S.C.),
Katy Burris of
Corrigan-Camden (Corrigan, Texas) and
Reece Floyd of
Mountain Home (Mountain Home, Idaho) were selected MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of March 11-17.
North RegionDay started the 2019 campaign by hitting .875 (7-for-8) with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored in two wins for the Bulldogs on opening day. The junior homered and scored three runs in each contest. Day was 4-for-4 with four RBI versus Clay City and 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI against Hutsonville/Palestine.
South RegionBryan hit .889 (8-for-9) with three home runs, a triple, seven RBI and seven runs scored, leading the Rebels to wins over Beaufort and Beaufort Academy last week. Slugging 2.111 for the week, she finished 5-for-5 with two longballs, three RBI and four runs scored versus Beaufort. The senior infielder registered three more hits, which included a homer and a triple, while driving in four runs and scoring three times against the Eagles.
South Central RegionBurris helped the Bulldogs to a pair of wins over Newton and Hemphill with her arm and her bat. The senior hurler twirled a pair of one-hit shutouts with 34 strikeouts, while going 5-for-8 at the dish with five RBI and three runs scored. Against Newton, Burris fanned a season-high 19 and did not issue a walk. Additionally, she collected a season-best four hits, a double, home run, three RBI and three runs versus the Eagles. Burris struck out 15 more batters and walked one in an 8-0 win over Hemphill, while also registering two RBI.
WestIn her first three games of the season, Floyd keyed the Tigers to a pair of wins over Kimberly and another over Buhl. The freshman was nearly perfect, going 9-for-10 at the plate with four doubles, nine RBI, 10 runs scored and a 1.300 slugging percentage. Against Buhl, Floyd was 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, three RBI and three runs scored. She posted three hits a double, and three runs in the opener against Kimberly and followed that with four RBI and four runs in game two.
To view all Spring 2018-19 Player of the Week winners,
click hereMaxPreps.com,
the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all
statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To
nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her
athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible
for that week's award.
The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of
the Week are announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the spring
campaign with a player from each of five separate high school regions
being selected. In the fall season, one representative is chosen from
the participating regions.
MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is
available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the
most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the
internet. Coaches who enter their team's stats on Max Preps will not
only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be
getting their team's information out to thousands of high school sports
fans, as well as college coaches across the country.
To obtain a
coach's login, please contact: coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call (800)
329-7324 x1. To enter a team's stats on the MaxPreps website, please
click here.
