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

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

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Oct 11, 2022, 5:50am
Who had Indiana's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Indiana Athlete of the Week awards during the 2022-23 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 130,000 votes were cast. So far this school year over 2-million votes have been cast.

Week 7 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Matea Bradfield, Evansville Reitz Girls Soccer
Sophomore had six goals in a 10-0 win over Vincennes Lincoln, five goals and three assists in a 9-0 win over Boonville and two goals in a 3-1 win over Terr eHaute North Vigo. Has 64 points (27 goals and 10 assists) this season.
 
* Peyton Meyer, Hagerstown Football
Junior had 24 tackles (22 solo) and an interception in a 27-19 win over Winchester Community. Has 101 tackles and 12 TFL this season.
 
* Gabe Freeman, Rossville Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and two assists in a 10-3 win over Delphi Community and a goal and assist in a 5-1 win over Sheridan. Has 68 points (28 goals and 12 assists) this season.

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


Week 8 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Noah Claycomb, North Putnam (Roachdale) Football
Senior carried the ball 16 times for 142 yards and three TDs, caught three passes for 75 yards and a TD and had eight tackles, six TFL, five sacks and an interception in a 50-13 win over Brown County. Has 1,332 rushing yards and 18 total TDs this season. Has also registered 58 tackles and 10 TFL.
 
* Seth Kallem, Greencastle Boys Soccer
Senior had four goals and three assists in a 9-0 win over Brown County, four goals in a 7-2 win over Northview and three goals and two assists in 9-1 win over Owen Valley. Leads the state in scoring (146 points) and goals (62).
 
* Mitchell Knepley, Western (Russiaville) Football
Senior carried the ball 25 times for 225 yards and six TDs in a 53-33 win over Tipton. Has 1,225 yards rushing and 21 TDs this season.
 
* Macy Bruton, Crawfordsville Volleyball
Senior had 26, 23 and 21 kills in 3-0 win over Covington, Frankfort and Clinton Crairie, respectively. Her 589 kills leads the state.
 
* Adam Kunkel, South Dearborn (Aurora) Football
Junior completed 33-of-50 passes for 526 yards and six TDs in a 61-34 win over Rushville. Has thrown for 2,011 yards (ranks third in the state) and 18 TDs this season.
 
* Emma Myers, Trinity Lutheran (Seymour) Girls Soccer
Senior had five goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over Heron, five goals and an assist in a 7-0 win over Southwestern and four goals and an assist in a 6-0 win over Austin. Ranks second in the state in points (90) and goals (41).
 
* Mark Rowland, Boone Grove (Valparaiso) Football
Sophomore completed 12-of-13 passes for 202 yards and six TDs and also ran for a TD in a 57-6 win over Lake Station Edison. Has thrown for 1,556 yards and 19 TDs this season.
 
* Madison Brown, Noblesville Volleyball
Freshman had 45, 35, 34, 23 and 23 assists in wins over Brownsburg, New Palestine, Perry Meridian and Shelbyville and a loss to Homestead, respectively. Has 753 assists this season.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Evan Gerber, Culver Academies (Culver) Football
Senior defensive lineman had 12 tackles, nine TFL, five sacks, four hurries and a forced fumble in a 17-14 win over Indianapolis Arsenal Tech.
 
* Parker Burk, Tri (Straughn) Football
Senior scored eight TDs in a 68-12 win over Union City. Carried the ball eight times for 182 yards and seven TDs and caught one pass for 21 yards and a TD.
 
* Halle Archer, Switzerland County (Vevay) Girls Soccer
Junior had five goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over Milan and four goals in a 9-0 win over South Ripley.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Paige Chickadaunce, Sullivan Girls Soccer
Senior had five goals and three assists in an 8-1 win over White River Valley, four goals and three assists in a 10-1 win over Edgewood and three goals in a 3-0 win over Owen Valley. Has 17 goals, eight assists and 42 points through six games. 
 
* Makenna Rankins, Greenfield-Central (Greenfield) Volleyball
Sophomore had 46, 41 and 30 assists in wins over Connersville (3-1), Eastern Hancock (3-1) and Richmond (3-0), respectively. Has 166 assists in five matches.

Week 3 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Emery Porter, NorthWood (Nappanee) Volleyball
Junior had 56 assists in a 3-2 win over Concord, 48 assists in a 3-1 win over Fairfield and 34 assists in a 3-0 win over South Bend Joseph. Has 285 assists, 70 digs, 15 kills and 13 aces in nine matches.
 
* Kate Thomas, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield) Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals in a 9-0 win over Rensselaer Central and four goals and an assist in a 10-0 win over Merrillville. Has 19 goals and two assists in six games.

Week 4 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Sam Malave, Washington Township (Valparaiso) Boys Soccer
Senior had five goals and four assists in an 11-0 win over Westville and five goals and an assist in a 13-0 win over Portage Christian. Has 20 goals and nine assists in six games.
 
* Maty Burnett, Mt. Vernon Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals and an assist in a 7-2 win over South Spencer and five goals and an assist in an 11-0 win over Tell City. Had eight goals in an 11-1 win over Southridge earlier this season. Has 29 goals and two assists in seven games.

Week 5 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Jalen Fowler, Corydon Central Football
Senior caught nine passes for 249 yards and four TDs, had 380 all-purpose yards and returned a punt for a TD in a 33-32 win over Eastern.
 
* Kolby Haecker, Manchester (North Manchester) Boys Soccer
Senior had 17 saves in a 3-2 win over Huntington North and 12 saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Oak Hill.

Week 6 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Noah Falkenberg, Carroll (Flora) Boys Soccer
Senior ran his string of hat-tricks to three straight with three goals and an assist in a 7-1 win over Sheridan and three goals and two assists in a 9-0 win over Delphi Community. Has 21 goals and 21 assists (ranks 8th in the state in scoring with 63 points).
 
* Hannah Layne, Wabash Girls Soccer
Senior allowed one goal and had 40 saves in 4-0 shutout wins over Tri-Central and Eastern and a 2-1 win over Maconaquah.

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