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

By Eric Frantz Sep 12, 2023, 8:00am

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 2023-24 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.

Participants may vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. Last week over 225,000 votes were cast! So far this school year over 265,000 votes have been cast.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Alexa Mork, East (West Chester) Volleyball
Senior had 28, 15 and 11 kills in wins over Perkiomen Valley, Penncrest and Harriton.
 
* Jilly Deivert, Shikellamy (Sunbury) Girls Soccer
Sophomore opened the season with four goals and an assist, four goals and three goals and an assist in wins over Altoona, East Juanita and Mifflinburg.

Here is the school year's next round of nominees...


Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Jacob Zietz, General McLane (Edinboro) Football
Junior had four interceptions and three tackles and also caught nine passes for 94 yards and two TDs in a 34-14 win over Franklin.
 
* Carson Long, Philipsburg Osceola (Philipsburg, Pa.) Boys Soccer
Junior had five goals and six assists (16 points) in a 14-0 win over Greater Johnstown.
 
* Braylon Wagner, Redbank Valley (New Bethlehem) Football
Sophomore completed 22-of-24 passes for 396 yards and six TDs and carried the ball 11 times for 43 yards and a TD in a 50-27 win over Punxsutawney. Has thrown for 947 yards and 12 TDs in three games. Has three rushing TDs.
 
* Ava Shappell, Pine Grove Girls Soccer
Junior had seven goals in a 13-0 win over Weatherly. Has 17 goals in four games this year.
 
* Jamoria Crumby, Sharon Volleyball
Junior had back-to-back 40-assist matches in wins over Hickory and Mercer. Has 118 assists in five matches.
 
* Summer Hill, Bethlehem Catholic Girls Soccer
Senior had four-goal and one-assist games in wins over East Stroudsburg South and Notre Dame-Green Pond. Also had two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over Whitehall.  
 
* Matt Zollers, Spring-Ford (Royersford) Football
Junior completed 14-of-21 passes for 311 yards and six TDs and carried the ball six times for 110 yards and a TD in a 63-17 win over Cumberland Valley. Leads the state with 1,059 total yards, including 840 passing  (and 14 TDs).
 
* Jordan Taylor, Jeannette Boys Soccer
Senior had seven goals and two assists in a 21-0 win over Valley. Earlier this season had six goals and an assist in a 11-0 win over Greensburg Salem.




Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Matthew Machalik, Palmerton Football
Senior carried the ball 11 times for 209 yards and five TDs, completed 14-of-17 passes for 184 yards and a TD, made three tackles and returned an interception 33 yards for a TD in a 54-30 win over Lehighton.
 
* Jacob Benton, Central (Martinsburg) Football
Senior caught six passes for 234 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Bellefonte.