MaxPreps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) will team up again each week throughout the fall season to select Players of the Week.
CAMERON PARK, Calif. --- MaxPreps.com and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) are entering another year of partnership in an effort to promote high school girls volleyball and highlight accomplishments of the nearly 400,000 student-athletes participating in the sport annually throughout the entire nation.
MaxPreps will continue to serve as the official statistics and results provider for the AVCA's High School Player of the Week program and the AVCA's Under Armour Girls' High School All-America program. 2016 will be the 9th year of the program.
Coaches must submit statistics to MaxPreps in order for their athletes to be considered for both programs.
Each week the AVCA will choose an athlete in each of the 42 eligible states who had a great week in play to receive the award.
2016 Players of the Week
Week 1: August 8-14
Week 2: August 15-21
Week 3: August 22-28
Week 4: August 29-September 4
Week 5: September 5-11
Week 6: September 12-18
Week 7: September 19-25
Week 8: September 26-October 2
Week 9: October 3-9
Week 10: October 10-16
Week 11: October 17-23
Week 12: October 24-30
Week 13: October 31-November 6
Week 14: November 7-13
Week 15: November 14-20
"Every player has the opportunity to win this award. If you have a great week and your coach enters your stats into MaxPreps, you can win." MaxPreps Volleyball Coordinator Megan Nelson said. "You don't have to be on the best team in the nation or even be the best player on your team. This program is unique in that way; every athlete has the potential to get recognized."
MaxPreps publishes schedules, scores and standings for each of the nearly 17,000 schools participating in girls' volleyball across the country. MaxPreps also provides high school coaches with free team pages, statistical software and a variety of other free services.
The American Volleyball Coaches Association, based in Lexington, Ky., is the national leader in volleyball coaching education. With a membership of over 6,300, the AVCA supplies educational materials, creates media content and provides recognition opportunities for coaches and players at all levels of the sport.
For the 2015 campaign, 431 individual athletes were selected and 22 were recognized more than once throughout the season. Winners receive a MaxPreps/AVCA branded letterman's patch and recognition on both MaxPreps.com and AVCA.org.
The Player of the Week program currently covers 42 states:
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
DC
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
If your state is not listed, please contact MaxPreps Volleyball Coordinator Megan Nelson (mnelson@maxpreps.com) to request that your state be eligible.
For a player to be nominated, their coach must enter the athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Saturday evening to be eligible for that week. Coaches, to obtain an access code to enter stats for your team, please contact MaxPreps at (800) 329-7324 x1 or email support@maxpreps.com.
