MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now
By Eric Frantz
Sep 28, 2021, 6:30am
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 150,000 votes were cast. So far this season over 1.1-million votes have been cast.
Week 5 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* 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.
Here is the school year's next round of nominees...
Week 6 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees
* Gavin Ainsley, Maplewood (Cortland) Boys SoccerSenior set the state record for goals in a game with 12 in a 16-1 victory over Pymatuning Valley. The previous record (11) was set in 2008.
* Bryce Schondelmyer, Arcanum FootballJunior quarterback accounted for seven touchdowns in a 48-14 win over National Trail. Threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns. Has thrown for 29 touchdowns in six games.
* Reese Wuebker, Springboro VolleyballSophomore had 29, 25 and 24 kills in wins over Lebanon, Fairmont and Beavercreek, respectively. Has 237 kills on the season.
* Fletcher Smith, Parkway (Rockford) FootballSophomore quarterback completed 18-of-28 passes for 373 yards and four touchdowns in a 53-29 win over Minster. Also carried the ball seven times for 70 yards and a touchdown.
* Olivia Ramey, Portsmouth VolleyballSenior had 44, 40 and 38 assists in wins over Fairland, Portsmouth West and South Point. Also had 52 digs.
* Roclen Bettura, Crestview (Columbiana) FootballJunior linebacker had 28 tackles, three tackles-for-loss and a sack in a 20-13 loss to Brookfield. Also carried the ball 16 times for 83 yards and had five catches for 37. Averaging 14.8 tackles per game.
* Cory Reed, Peebles Boys SoccerJunior had five assists and two goals in m 8-0 win over Western, five assists and two goals in a 12-0 win over West Union and two assists and two goals in a 7-0 win over Southeastern.
* Jason Munyan, Sheridan (Thornville) FootballSenior running back carried the ball 28 times for 191 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-27 win over River View. Has 1,035 yards and 17 touchdowns on 133 carries this season.
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.
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.
