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

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

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Oct 17, 2023, 7:30am
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 2023-24 school year.

~ Each week during the season, 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. This past week, over 430,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 2.7-million votes have been cast.

Week 8 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Edinso Cifuentes, Bard Early College (Cleveland) Boys Soccer
Junior had seven goals and six assists in a 17-3 win over Garfield Heights. His 32 assists and 90 points, rank sixth and 20th nationally. His 29 goals rank 72nd.
 
* Elijah Wilburn, South Point Football
Senior carried the ball 21 times for 277 yards and four TDs I a 38-20 win over Chesapeake.
 
* Kendall Hanlon and Natalie Rice, Western Brown (Mt. Orab) Girls Soccer
Hanlon, a freshman, had eight goals and three assists in a 17-0 win over Wilmington. Rice, a senior, had six goals and two assists. Hanlon has 22 goals and 11 assists this season, while Rice has 20 and 10, respectively.
 
* Nicholas Lampman, Newton Falls Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and two assists in an 8-0 win over Mathews. Has 26 goals and 12 assists this season.
 
* Landon Fairbanks, Warren (Vincent) Football
Junior carried the ball 30 times for 190 yards and six TDs in a 49-21 win over Cambridge.

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

Week 9 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Siena Maschke, Laurel (Shaker Heights) Girls Golf
Senior shot a two-day total of 143 to win the Division II OHSAA girls golf state championship by seven strokes.
 
* Logan Doughty, Miller (Corning) Football
Junior carried the ball 21 times for 225 yards and three TDs and had six tackles and three interceptions in a 62-34 win over Bishop Rosecrans. Has rushed for 1,062 yards and 15 TDs and 46 tackles and seven interceptions this season.
 
*Isaiah Smith, Western Brown (Mt. Orab) Football
Senior caught 15 passes for 278 yards and three TDs in a 34-31 loss to Goshen. Has caught 95 passes for 1,705 yards (second in the country) and 12 TDs this season.
 
* Mark Pillar, Independence Boys Golf
Senior shot a two-day total of 146 to win the Division III OHSAA boys golf state championship by two strokes.
 
* Addison Burick, Louisville Volleyball
Senior had 50, 49 and 35 assists in wins over Hoover, West Branch and Tallmadge, respectively. She has 701 assists this season and 1,922 for her career.
 
* Ethan Grunkemeyer, Olentangy (Lewis Center) Football
Senior and Penn State recruit completed 29-of-38 passes for 428 yards and four TDs in a 35-20 win over Dublin Jerome. Has thrown for 2,331 yards and 27 TDs this season.
 
* Finley Bartlett, Wyoming (Cincinnati) Boys Golf
Junior shot a two-day total of 146 to win the Division II OHSAA boys golf state championship by two strokes.
 
* Landon Montgomery, Heath Boys Soccer
Senior had seven goals in a 9-3 win over New Lexington. Has 93 points (37 goals and 19 assists) this season.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Julian Patti, Rocky River Football
Senior completed 22-of-33 passes for 421 yards and five TDs in a 55-42 win over Harvey.
 
* Karlee Plozay, Bethel (Tipp City) Volleyball
Senior had 28 kills and 24 digs in a 3-2 win over Dayton Christian.

Week 2 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Josh Biery, LaBrae (Leavittsburg) Boys Soccer
Junior became the 17th player in state history to score eight goals or more in a game when he had eight goals and an assist in a 14-0 win over Garfield Heights.
 
* Mansour M'baye, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland) Boys Soccer
Senior started the season with five hat tricks or better en route to scoring an Ohio-leading 21 goals in wins over Cornerstone Christian, Euclid, Cuyahoga Heights, Brush and Brookside. His 45 points ranks No. 1 in the state as well.

Week 3 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Demico Harris, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Football
Junior carried the ball 26 times for 306 yards and three TDs in a 40-20 win over Shroder Paideia Academy. Through three games he has 79 carries for 856 yards and 11 TDs.
 
* Dylan Smith, Norwayne (Creston) Football
Junior caught six passes for 147 yards and a TD and had three interceptions, one of which he returned for a TD, in a 38-25 win over Heath.

Week 4 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Korbin Johnston, Kenton Football
Junior completed 45-of-57 passes for 470 yards and four TDs and carried the ball 30 times for 208 yards and two TDs in 38-34 win over Bath. Connected with receiver Grady Kleman-Beazley as time expired for 55-yard game-winning score.
 
* Janiaus Hall, Lima Senior Football
Sophomore completed 25-of-40 passes for 438 yards and five TDs in a 45-14 win over Northview. Has thrown for 1,176 yards and nine TDs this season.
 
* Max Hagans, Wheelersburg Boys Soccer
Senior ran his string of hat tricks to four with three goals and two assists in a 6-0 win over Lucasville Valley and four goals in a 7-1 win over Fairland. Has 20 goals and six assists in seven games.

Week 5 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Blake Wagener, Maumee Boys Soccer
Junior ranks No. 1 in Ohio in points (72) and goals (30). Had five goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over Liberty Center and three goals and two assists in an 11-0 win over Swanton.
 
* Nate Toton, Open Door Christian (Elyria) Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and three assists in a 12-3 win over Lorain and four goals and two assists in 7-0 win over Brookside. Has 20 goals, 14 assists and 54 points this season.

Week 6 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Jordan Frantz, Bellbrook Girls Soccer
Junior goalkeeper became the second girl in SWBL history and 43rd girl in state history to surpass 500 career saves with 13 in a 1-1 tie against Lakota East. Followed that with back-to-back shutouts in wins over Edgewood and Miamisburg. Her 508 career saves currently ranks 41st in Ohio history.
 
* Peyton Jackson, Fairland (Proctorville) Football
Senior completed 14-of-22 passes for 363 yards and five TDs in a 40-35 win over Gallia Academy. Has thrown for 1,354 yards and 18 TDs this season.
 
* Andrew Rusnak, Madison Boys Soccer
Senior had seven goals and three assists in a 15-0 win over Lakeside and five goals and an assist in a 13-1 win over Conneaut. Has 26 goals and eight assists this season. 

Week 7 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Taylor Karcher, Marietta Volleyball
Junior had 61 assists in a 3-2 loss to Fort Frye and 40 in a 3-0 win over Gallia Academy. She has 543 assists this season and went over 1,000-career assists and 400-career digs earlier this year.
 
* Lexi Grissett, Alexander (Albany) Volleyball
Senior had 26, 23 and 22 kills last week in matches against Logan, Vinton County and River Valley. She has 309 kills this season (ranks 16th in Ohio) and 1,071 for her career.
 
* Zander Yoho, Keystone (La Grange) Boys Soccer
Senior had five goals and an assist in a 6-3 win over Wellington. Has 25 goals, six assists and 56 points this season.








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