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

By Eric Frantz Sep 8, 2020, 6:45am

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 2020-21 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 (2-3 per week) 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. So far this school year, over 660,000 votes have been cast, including 399,000 last week.

Week 2 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Austin Sees, Brookfield Boys Soccer
Senior goalie made 15 saves in a 2-1 win over LaBrae and 14 saves in a 3-2 win over St. John (Ashtabula). Two of the three goals he allowed were penalty kicks.

* Katie Hooley, Jonathan Alder (Plain City) Girls Soccer
Junior captain had four goals and two assists in a 10-0 win over Highland and three goals and three assists in a 13-1 win over Franklin Heights.

* Kylee Kosek, Springfield (New Middletown) Girls Soccer
Senior had three goals and two assists in an 11-0 win over Girard and four goals and an assist in a 14-0 win over Newton Falls.

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


Week 3 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Shaden Malone, Clay (Portsmouth) Boys Soccer
Senior goalkeeper and striker played large part in a 2-0-1 week. Had 16 saves in a 1-0 win over Glenwood and 12 saves in a 1-1 tie with South Webster. Also netted three goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over Belpre.

* Cameron Blair, Sandy Valley (Magnolia) Football
Senior captain and quarterback accounted for seven touchdowns in a 52-28 win over Indian Valley. Completed 13-of-19 passes for 281 yards and four touchdowns and carried the ball 11 times for 115 yards and three touchdowns.
* Haley Knore, Minford Girls Soccer
Sophomore striker had five goals and an assist in a 9-1 win over Portsmouth West and three goals and two assists in a 6-2 win over McDermott Northwest.

* Billy Levak, Nordonia (Macedonia) Football
Senior captain and quarterback completed 29-of-46 passes for 499 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a touchdown in a 41-40 win over Barberton.

2020 Ohio High School Volleyball Statewide Stat Leaders

* Devyne Eisenhauer, Margaretta (Castalia) Girls Volleyball
Junior middle hitter had 20 or more kills in each match during a 3-0 week, including 31 in a 3-2 win over Oak Harbor. Also had 23 kills in a 3-1 win over Western Reserve and 20 in a 3-0 win over Galion. Added 64 digs in the wins.



* Coulter Cleland, Meigs (Pomeroy) Football
Junior quarterback completed 16-of-24 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-12 win over River Valley. Also ran for 66 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.

2020 Ohio High School Boys Soccer Statewide Stat Leaders

* Kennedy Thompson, Clinton-Massie (Clarksville) Girls Volleyball
Senior captain had 42 assists and 11 digs in a 3-2 win over Blancahester, 39 assists and 10 digs in a 3-1 loss to East Clinton and 34 assists and 17 digs in a 3-1 win over New Richmond.

* Dominic Knesebeck, Harding (Fairport Harbor) Football
Senior linebacker had 15 tackles, including seven tackles-for-loss in a 41-0 win over Chalker.

* Cooper Cole, Tri-County North (Lewisburg) Football
Senior defensive end had seven tackles, including four sacks and two more tackles-for-loss, in a 42-7 win over Twin Valley South.

* Jordan Briggs, Grand Valley (Orwell) Boys Soccer
Sophomore had back-to-back hat tricks (six goals total) in wins over Geneva and Pymatuning Valley. Added an assist against PV for 13 points on the week.



Previous Winners

Week 1

* Nevaeh Lewis, Madison Comprehensive (Mansfield) Girls Soccer
Freshman had a hat trick (three goals) in a 5-0 season-opening win over Clear Fork.

* Allie Dunlap, Heath Girls Soccer
Sophomore had a hat trick (three goals) in a 3-0 season-opening win over West Muskingum.

CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2017-18 school year.

CLICK HERE to see the winners for the 2018-19 school year.