MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now
By Eric Frantz
Sep 21, 2021, 5:45am
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 2021-22 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. This past week, over 225,000 votes were cast. So far this season 960,000 votes have been cast.
Week 4 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* Camdyn Paul, Botkins Girls SoccerSophomore
had eight goals and two assists in a 15-0 win over Southeastern and
three goals and an assist in a 5-2 win over Lima Central Catholic.
* Christian Neff, Ravenna FootballSenior
linebacker had 18 tackles (12 solo), a tackle-for-loss and a forced
fumble in a 39-6 loss to Norton. Averaging 13.3 tackles through four
games.
Here is the school year's next round of nominees...
Week 5 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees
* Steven Marra, West Branch (Beloit) FootballSenior running back carried the ball 37 times for 291 yards and seven touchdowns in a 63-42 win over Canton South. Has 16 TDs and 586 yards on 91 carries this season.
* Braden Porter, Union Local (Belmont) Boys GolfJunior earned first team All-OVAC honors by shooting a 79 at the Speidel Golf Club in Oglebay, WV. His round consisted of three birdies and two eagles. For the first eagle he made a 30-foot putt. The second came on a shot from 145 yards out. Both were on par 4s.
* Michael Tommer, Independence FootballSenior quarterback completed 14-of-21 passes for 354 yards and six touchdowns in a 42-12 win over Berkshire.
* Nick Novak, Crestview (Columbiana) Boys SoccerJunior had his fifth, sixth and seventh hat tricks last week in wins over Mineral Ridge (three goals and six assists), Badger (four goals and three assists) and Ursuline (three goals). Has 24 goals, 19 assists and a state-best 67 points through eight games.
* Tofa Luani, Milford FootballSophomore running back scored six touchdowns and had 180 yards rushing on 13 carries in a 48-34 win over Loveland.
* Eli Eyrich, Yellow Springs Boys SoccerJunior had hat tricks in wins over Greenon (three goals and two assists), Legacy Christian (three goals) and Xenia (four goals and an assist). Has six hat tricks and 21 goals in seven games.
* Kaleigh Palmer, Wapakoneta VolleyballJunior leads the state in kills with 299 through 14 games. Had 41 kills, 16 and 14 kills last week in wins over Shawnee, Botkins and Waynesfield-Goshen and 34 in a loss to Parkway.
* Grace Wasserman, Old Fort VolleyballSenior had 24, 24 and 17 kills win wins over Lakota, Hopewell-Loudon and Gibsonburg last week. Has 242 kills and 134 digs through 13 games.
Previous Winners
Week 1 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* Timothy Caffey, Hubbard FootballSenior running back carried the ball 33 times for 456 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-28 win over Norwayne.
* Levi Wiederhold, Fayetteville-Perry FootballSenior quarterback completed 35-of-49 passes for 399 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 73 yards on 18 carries in a 29-21 win over Cedarville.
* Konner Rodick, Keystone (La Grange) FootballJunior quarterback completed 16-of-27 passes for 316 yards and five touchdowns in a 39-35 win over Ravenna.
Week 2 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* Cameron Estep, Wauseon VolleyballSenior had 29, 24 and 18 kills in wins over Toledo Christina and Fairview and a loss to Hickesville, respectively.
* Ty Hurst, Tallmadge FootballJunior quarterback completed 17-of-18 passes for 404 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-7 win over Ellet.
* Hunter Kellogg & Hunter Rose, New Lexington FootballTandem dominated in a 63-35 win over Maysville. Kellogg, a senior quarterback, completed 19-of-26 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns, made 10 tackles on defense and kicked three PATs. Rose, a junior running back, carried the ball 23 times for 237 yards, six touchdowns and a 2-point conversion.
* Allie Dunlap, Heath Girls SoccerJunior had six goals and an assist in an 11-3 win over Ridgewood, four goals and three assists in a 7-1 win over Whitehall-Yearling and an assist in a 1-0 win over Rosecrans. Has 16 goals and six assists in five games for the undefeated Bulldogs.
Week 3 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* George Cottenden, HEARTS for Jesus Christ (North Olmsted) Boys SoccerSenior
striker had five goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over Kingsway
Christian, three goals and four assists in a 12-2 win over Lawrence
Upper and four goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over Heritage Christian.
* Abby Yoder, Kings (Kings Mill) VolleyballSophomore
setter had 47 and 28 assists in 3-1 and 3-0 wins over Turpin and
Anderson, respectively, and 43 assists in a 3-2 loss to Lebanon.
* Brayden Kohl, Hilliard Darby FootballSophomore linebacker had 19 tackles (10 solo) in a 34-31 win over Westerville South.
