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

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

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

Who had Pennsylvania's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Pennsylvania 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. It's a competition. This past week, over 170,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 925,000 votes have been cast.

Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Braxtyn Brown, Columbia Montour Vo-Tech (Bloomsburg) Football
Senior surpassed 3,000 career rushing yards with 401 and five TDs on 20 carries in a 44-14 win over Montrose.
 
* Jacob Van Lierop, Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli) Boys Soccer
Senior surpassed 150 career points with a string of three straight four-goal games in wins over Jim Thorpe, Palisades and Notre Dame-Green Pond. His 22 goals this season leads the state and ranks third nationally, while his 51 points ranks first in the state and sixth nationally.  
 
* Brayden Booher, Lakeview (Stoneboro) Football
Senior had 17 tackles, including 9.5 TFL, and carried the ball 21 times for 103 yards and two TDs in a 31-29 loss to Saegertown. Has 15.5 TFL in three games.
 

Below is the latest round of nominees...


Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Ava Zeigler, Chambersburg Volleyball
Junior had 51, 36, 34 and 31 assists in wins over Cedar Cliff, Altoona, Shippensburg and Greencastle-Antrim. Her 319 assists ranks second in Pennsylvania this season.
 
* Gavin Bell, Hollidaysburg Football
Senior had three interceptions in a 24-0 win over Butler. His five interceptions (had one each in first two games) leads the state. Also has 16 tackles.
 
* Tesia Mikuta, Saucon Valley (Hellertown) Girls Soccer
Junior had 21 points (eight goals and five assists) in wins over Lehighton, Pen Argyl and Notre Dame-Green Pond. Her 45 points leads the state this season. Has 141 career points (55 goals and 31 assists)
 
* Daron Harris, Chester Football
Junior caught five passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns, carried the ball once for a 50-yard TD and returned a kickoff 95-yards for a TD in a 40-0 win over John Bartram. Has 10 total TDs this season (two via kickoff return) and four interceptions (on defense).
 
* Lauren Beamer, Western Wayne (Lake Ariel) Volleyball
Junior went over 500 career kills and 100 career digs with 20 and eight, respectively, in a 3-2 win over Abington Heights. Has 106 kills this season.  
 
* Julius Reed, Greater Johnstown Football
Sophomore completed 18-of-26 passes for 221 yards and five TDs and carried the ball 28 times for 133 yards and two TDs in a 47-36 win over Central Cambria.
 
* Kaden Carpenter, Forest Hills (Sidman) Boys Soccer
Senior had 14 goals and five assists in wins over United, Central Cambria and Greater Johnstown. His 53 points and 22 goals currently rank 14th nationally. Has 174 career points (69 goals and 36 assists).
 
* Trey Wingard, DuBois Football
Junior completed 23-of-37 passes for 370 yards and five TDs in a 46-43 win over Karns City. Last week completed 13-of-20 passes for 274 yards and five TDS in a 61-7 win over Bradford. His 1,179 passing yards ranks third in the state this season.



Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* AJ Hurst, Garden Spot (New Holland, Pa.) Football
Senior completed 21-of-34 attempts for 462 yards and six TDs in a 71-64 loss to Notre Dame-Green Pond. Also had seven tackles and returned an interception 81-yards for a TD.

* Julia Chunta, Forest Hills (Sidman, Pa.) Volleyball
Senior had 99 assists in seven matches as the Rangers opened the season undefeated. Has 2,862 career assists and 490 digs.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Aubrey Ward, Downingtown East (Exton) Volleyball
Senior had 38 and 32 assists in back-to-back wins over Perkiomen Valley and Mt. St. Joseph Academy, respectively. Her 163 assists currently ranks third in Pennsylvania.
 
* Michael Price, Central Bucks East (Doylestown) Football
Sophomore carried the ball 34 times for 191 yards and five TDs in a 42-26 win over Cheltenham.
 
* Jillian Deivert, Shikellamy (Sunbury) Girls Soccer
Senior had back-to-back five-goal game in wins over East Juniata and Hazelton Area. Her 27 points and 12 goals both lead the state.
 
* Cassidy Stancombe, Ferndale (Johnstown) Volleyball
Senior had 31 and 30 digs in back-to-back wins over Conemaugh Valley and Portage.