Angela Smith of
Air Academy (Colo.) garnered 2020-21 MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week honors for her outstanding performance during the week of Sept 21-27.
Highlighted by a two-home run, eight-RBI performance against Lewis-Palmer, Smith keyed the Kadets to three big wins last week. Against the Rangers, Smith was 4-for-5 with a double and four runs scored to go along with her first two long balls of the season and eight RBI in the 17-3 victory. For the week, she hit .833 (10-for-12) with four doubles, two home runs, 14 RBI and eight runs scored. The senior captain slugged 1.667 and did not strike out.
Smith opened the week with a perfect 3-for-3 outing in which she doubled and scored three times against Pine Creek. She added two doubles, drove in four run and scored twice versus Vista Ridge. For the year, Smith is batting .650 (26-40) with nine doubles, 23 RBI, 19 runs scored and a 1.025 slugging percentage.
MaxPreps,
the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all
statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To
nominate a player a coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats
into MaxPreps by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week's award.
The
MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week is announced on NFCA.org
every Monday during the fall season, with one representative chosen from
the participating regions. During the spring campaign, a player from
each of five separate high school regions is selected.
MaxPreps
is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the
country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school
athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team's stats
on MaxPreps will not only be nominating their players for this award,
but they will be getting their team's information out to thousands of
high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country.
To obtain a coach’s login, please contact: coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call (800) 329-7324 x1.
2020-21 MaxPreps/NFCA Players of the WeekAug. 31 –
Taylor Long,
Sonoraville (Calhoun, Ga.)
