MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now
By Eric Frantz
Sep 17, 2019, 8:30am
You vote, you decide...Who turned in Ohio's top prep performances? Last week's winners and this week's nominees.
Top 25 high school football rankingsA look at the new Top 25 high school football rankings. Nos. 1 and 2 cruise to dominant wins.
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 2019-20 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 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.
Last week over 175,000 votes were cast, including 60,000-plus for each of the winners. So far this school year, the Ohio AOW campaign has generated over 468,000 votes.
Here are the latest winners and next round of nominees...
Week 3 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week
* Zach Woodall, National Trail (New Paris) FootballSenior
caught 12 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown in a win over bethel.
Also had seven tackles, a tackle-for-loss and forced fumble.
* Kylee Kosek, Springfield (New Middletown) Girls SoccerJunior
had six goals and an assist in a win over Waterloo and five goals in a
win over Bristol. Has scored four goals or more in five of six games
this season (24 goals total) and has 54 total points.
Week 4 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees
* Gabe Jones, West Jefferson FootballSenior running back ran for 257 yards and three touchdowns, including a school record 99-yard score, on 16 carries in a win over Greeneview. Ran for a school-record 312 yards and five touchdowns on 26 carries in the Roughriders Week 2 win over Ready. Averaging 13 yards per carry (661 yards on 51 carries) through three weeks and owns 11 touchdowns.
* Aubrey Schwartz, Miami Trace (Washington Courthouse) Girls SoccerSenior keep had 23 saves in a 1-0 shutout win over Hillsboro. Also had 12 saves in a 7-4 win over McClain.
* Gabe Heinrich, Columbiana Boys SoccerJunior netted 10 goals and had two assists in wins over Wellsville, East Palestine and Jackson-Milton.
* Tai Carter, Perkins (Sandusky) FootballSenior running back carried the ball 23 times for 255 yards and six touchdowns in a 61-28 win over Columbus Independence.
Previous Winners
Week 1 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week
Macy Malin, St. Clairsville Girls SoccerJunior had four goals and an assist in a win over East Liverpool and four goals in a win over Cambridge. Also had three goals and an assist in a win over Indian Creek.
Week 2 Ohio HS Athletes of the Week
* Kerigan Pollard, McClain (Greenfield) Girls SoccerJunior
had six goals and an assist in a win over Washington Court House and
three goals and an assist in a tie with Jackson. Has 43 points (19 goals
and five assists) in five games.
* Caleb Gerken, Perrysburg FootballSenior scored five touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving) in a win over Toledo Woodward.
CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2017-18 school year.
