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

By Eric Frantz Oct 4, 2022, 7:01am

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

Who had Pennsylvania's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Pennsylvania Athlete of the Week awards during the 2022-23 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 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. Last week over 390,000 votes were cast. So far this school year 1.3-million votes have been cast.

Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Mylea Riggle, Armstrong (Kittanning) Girls Soccer
Junior had six goals and six assists in a 16-0 win over Carrick.

* Ben Dempster, Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah) Football
Junior completed all 12 pf his passes for 253 yards and six TDs I a 51-20 win over Hancock.
 
* Ron Prislupski, Holy Cross (Dunmore) Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over western Wayne and six goals in a 16-0 win over West Scranton. His 29 goals and 65 points this season both rank second in the state.

Here are the school year's next round of nominees...


Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Devin Beattie, Burrell (Lower Burrell) Football
Junior carried the ball 35 times for 304 yards, six TDs and a 2-point conversion in a 41-30 win over Imani Christian Academy. Has 963 yards and 14 TDs in six games.
 
* Ellianna Wallbillich, Pen Argyl Girls Soccer
Junior had seven goals in a 9-0 win over East Stroudsburg North. Her 30 goals ranks third in the sate this season.
 
* Jeff Hoenstine, Central (Martinsburg) Football
Senior completed 22-of-29 passes for 349 yards and seven TDs and carried the ball eight times for 73 yards in a 55-21 win over Bishop McCort. Has thrown for 1,502 yards and accounted for 27 total TDs through six games.
 
* McKinley Shearer, Ligonier Valley (Ligonier) Football
Senior had 10 tackles and four interceptions, one of which he returned for a TD, in a 48-014 win over Yough.
 
* Dylan Dishong, United (Armagh) Boys Soccer
Senior had five goals and five assists in a 12-1 win over Northern Cambria and three goals and three assists in a 7-1 win over Ligonier Valley. His 66 points (26 goals and 14 assists) this season ranks fifth in the state.  
 
* Matt Machalik, Palmerton Football
Junior completed 15-of-25 passes for 347 yards and six TDs and carried the ball 11 times for 117 yards and two TDs in a 53-28 win over Pine Grove.
 
* Braylan Lovelace, Leechburg Football
Senior carried the ball 16 times for 200 yards, six TDs and a 2-point conversion in a 56-0 win Frazuer. Has 809 yards and 17 TDs in five games.
 
* Dainn Vassallo, Notre Dame-Green Pond (Easton) Football
Junior had 28 tackles (19 solo), a sack and interception in a 36-24 win over North Schuylkill. Has 106 tackles (63 solo) in six games.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Elle Smith, Clearfield Girls Soccer
Senior had seven goals and two assists in a 10-1 win over Karns City and two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win over Indiana.
 
* Aaron Crossley, Wyoming Area (Exeter) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 352 yards and four TDs and completed both his pass attempts for 21 yards and a TD in a 48-28 win over Tunkhannock. Also registered six tackles, a sack and a caused fumble.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Jenna Muha, Shade (Cairnbrook) Volleyball
Senior had 25 kills in 3-0 win over Meyersdale and 24 kills in a 3-0 win over McConnellsburg.
 
* Elliet Manning, East (West Chester) Volleyball
Senior had 29, 28, 25 and 21 assists in wins over Ridley (3-0), Penncrest (3-0), Marple Newton (3-0) and Harriton (3-0), respectively.

Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Krista Wilson, Mapletown (Greensboro) Volleyball
Senior had 25 and 23 kills in wins over California and Carmichaels, respectively. Added 19 digs in the two matches.
 
* Jordan Nichols, Richland (Johnstown) Football
Senior had 10 tackles, six TFL, five sacks and a fumble recovery in a 38-0 win over Bishop McCort.

Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Cole Taylor, Bedford Boys Soccer
Junior had four goals in a 13-0 win over Central and three goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over Greater Johnstown. Has 30 points in seven games
 
* Virginia Recchia, Slippery Rock Volleyball
Senior had 45 digs in 3-1 win over Reynolds, 38 digs in 3-2 loss to Grove City and 28 digs in a 3-2 win over Seneca.