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

By Eric Frantz Oct 6, 2020, 5:30am

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


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 2020-21 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 letter and award patch for their varsity jacket. 

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 (2-3 per week) 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. So far this school year, over 1.3-million votes have been cast, including 70,000 last week.

Week 6 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Cael Brown, Trinity (Garfield Heights) Football
Senior running back carried the ball 41 times for 262 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-21 win over Crestwood.

* Riley Monroe, Nordonia (Macedonia) Volleyball
Senior setter had 62 assists in a 3-1 win over Wadsworth and 56 assists in a 3-2 win over Hudson.

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


Week 7 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Reid Carrico, Ironton Football
Senior captain and Ohio State linebacker recruit carried the ball 24 times for 227 yards and two touchdowns in a 33-11 win over Sycamore. Also had six tackles, including for tackles-for-loss and a sack.

* Kale Long, Riverside (De Graff) Football
Senior carried the ball 31 times for 366 yards and five touchdowns in a 34-26 win over Hardin northern. Also had 11 tackles and a fumble recovery.
* Tyler Oberle, West Jefferson Football
Senior receiver caught 14 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-14 win over Fairbanks. Has caught two-or-more touchdowns in five of six games (13 touchdowns total).



* Xavier Puryear, Heath Football
Senior running back scored six touchdowns and rushed for 68 yards on 16 carries in a 56-20 win over Lakewood.

2020 Ohio High School Volleyball Statewide Stat Leaders

* Micah Click, Temple Christian Academy (Fremont) Boys Soccer
Senior captain had seven goals and an assist in a 12-7 win over Mt. Carmel Christian. Followed that with four goals and three assists in a 10-5 win over Massillon Christian.  

* Haley Knore, Minford Girls Soccer
Sophomore had five goals and an assists in an 8-6 win over Northwest and five goals in a 7-0 win over Portsmouth West.

2020 Ohio High School Boys Soccer Statewide Stat Leaders

* Emily Baker, Troy Christian Volleyball
Junior captain had over 20 kills (102 total) in four straight matches as the Eagles beat Newton, Legacy Christian, Brookville and Ansonia.

* Claire Latham, Westfall (Williamsport) Volleyball
Registered 51, 45 and 43 assists, respectively, in wins over Canal Winchester, Paint Valley and Unioto. Also had 37 digs.

* Carlee Young, Van Wert Volleyball
Junior had 45, 38 and 24 digs, respectively, in wins over Kenton, Bryan and Lima Senior.

* Alli Suttell, South (Willoughby) Volleyball
Had 57, 48 and 27 assists, respectively, in wins over Normandy, Brush and Laurel. Added 20 in a loss to Riverside.


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Previous Winners

Week 1

* Nevaeh Lewis, Madison Comprehensive (Mansfield) Girls Soccer
Freshman had a hat trick (three goals) in a 5-0 season-opening win over Clear Fork.

* Allie Dunlap, Heath Girls Soccer
Sophomore had a hat trick (three goals) in a 3-0 season-opening win over West Muskingum.

Week 2

* Austin Sees, Brookfield Boys Soccer
Senior goalie made 15 saves in a 2-1 win over LaBrae and 14 saves in a 3-2 win over St. John (Ashtabula). Two of the three goals he allowed were penalty kicks.

* Katie Hooley, Jonathan Alder (Plain City) Girls Soccer
Junior captain had four goals and two assists in a 10-0 win over Highland and three goals and three assists in a 13-1 win over Franklin Heights.



* Kylee Kosek, Springfield (New Middletown) Girls Soccer
Senior had three goals and two assists in an 11-0 win over Girard and four goals and an assist in a 14-0 win over Newton Falls.

Week 3

* Shaden Malone, Clay (Portsmouth) Boys Soccer
Senior goalkeeper and striker played large part in a 2-0-1 week. Had 16 saves in a 1-0 win over Glenwood and 12 saves in a 1-1 tie with South Webster. Also netted three goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over Belpre.

* Jordan Briggs, Grand Valley (Orwell) Boys Soccer
Sophomore had back-to-back hat tricks (six goals total) in wins over Geneva and Pymatuning Valley. Added an assist against PV for 13 points on the week.

Week 4

* Anna Shoemake, Beavercreek Volleyball
Senior had 26 and 21 kills in 3-1 wins over Fairmont and Springboro, respectively.

* Bri DiChristopher, Catholic Central (Steubenville) Girls Soccer
Senior goalkeeper made 18 saves in a 1-1 tie with Linsly (W.V.) and 13 saves in a 2-1 win over Edison.

Week 5

* Morgan Moeller, Roger Bacon (Cincinnati) Girls Soccer
Sophomore had 11 saves in a 5-0 win over Norwood and 13 saves in a 5-3 win over Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.

* Alexander Hild, Newton Local (Pleasant Hill) Soccer
Senior captain drained six goals in a 10-0 win over Fairlawn.

CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2017-18 school year.

CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2018-19 school year.