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

By Eric Frantz Sep 17, 2024, 7:00am

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

Who had Indiana's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Indiana Athlete of the Week awards during the 2024-25 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 digital award patch for their MaxPreps player page. 

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.

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Participants may manually vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 845,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 2.25-million votes have been cast.

Week 3 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Jameson Crawford, Knightstown Football
Junior carried the ball 11 times for 202 yards and seven TDs in a 75-0 win over Union County.
 
* Matthew Saaty, Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 398 yards and four TDs and completed 5-of-11 passes for 90 yards and a TD in a 48-44 loss to Traders Point Christian.

Below is the latest round of nominees...


Week 4 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* CJ Harris, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory (Indianapolis) Football
Senior carried the ball 29 times for a school-record 402 yards and five TDs in a 69-62 win over Guerin Catholic. Averaging 191.8 yards per game rushing through four weeks.
 
* Malcolm Houze and Hayden Cler, Guerin Catholic (Noblesville) Football
Senior QB-WR tandem put up huge numbers in a 69-62 loss to Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory. Houze completed 40-of-56 passes for 638 yards and eight TDs, while Cler caught 26 passes for 396 yards and six TDs. Cler’s 644 receiving yards this season ranks first in Indiana and seventh nationally.  Houze has thrown for 1,219 yards and 18 TDs this season.
 
* Eli Nix, Heritage Christian (Indianapolis) Football
Junior accounted for nine TDs in a 63-33 win over Eastern Hancock. Completed 22-of-31 passes for 304 yards and six TDs and carried the ball 18 times for 109 yards and three TDs. Has accounted for 19 TDs in four weeks.
 
* Will Jaisle, Batesville Football
Senior completed 12-of-19 passes for 362 yards and six TDs and ran for 30 yards and a TD in a 55-20 win over Rushville. Has 3,952 career passing yards and 55 TDs. Has also rushed for 1,215 career rushing yards and 22 TDs.
 
* Liam Hannon, Muncie Burris Boys Soccer
Senior scored his 50th point this season with a goal in a 2-1 win over Heritage Christian. Also had three goals and four assists in a 10-0 win over Seton Catholic and three goals and three assists in a 9-0 win over Liberty Christian. Has 168 career points (58 goals and 52 assists).
 
* Stella Wolfe, Corydon Central Girls Soccer
Junior had four goals in a 10-0 win over Trinity Lutheran and three goals in a 7-0 win over Austin. Has 14 goals this season.
 
* Kylie Brandes, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) Girls Soccer
Senior had two goals and nine assists in a pair of wins over New Palestine and Yorktown. Her 17 assists leads the nation.
 
* Grace Sailors, North Miami (Denver) Volleyball
Junior reached 500 career kills with 21 in a 3-0 win over Argos. Also had 22 kills in a 3-1 win over Lewis Cass. Her 270 kills this season currently ranks second in Indiana.
 



Previous Winners

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Marco Castro, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, Ind.) Football
Senior carried the ball 34 times for 336 yards and three TDs in a 23-0 win over Rensselaer Central.
 
* Keira Lucas, Northview (Brazil, Ind.) Volleyball
Senior leads the state with 155 kills. Had a season-high 33 in a 3-1 win over Plainfield. Also has 159 digs. Has 1,686 career kills and 1,002 digs.
 
* Noah Moore, White River Valley (Switz City, Ind.) Boys Soccer
Sophomore has a state-best 22 points entering the week. Had four goals in a 9-0 win over Austin and three goals and an assist in a 7-1 win over Clarksville.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Brock Shank, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Senior went over 4,000-career passing yards with 412 yards and six TDs on 15-of-27 passing in a 45-27 win over Eastern. Now has 4,166 career yards and 37 TDs.
 
* Ava McCune, Culver Community (Culver) Girls Soccer
Freshman scored six goals in a 7-2 win over South Bend Riley and three goals in a 4-2 win over DeMotte Christian. Her 17 goals and 36 points currently rank seventh and ninth nationally, respectively.
 
*Cale Barger, Scottsburg Boys Soccer
Junior scored seven goals in an 8-0 win over Lanesville.


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