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 500,000 votes were cast! So far this
school year over 765,000 votes have been cast.
Week 3 Pennsylvania
High School Athletes of
the Week
* Ava Shappell, Pine Grove Girls
SoccerJunior had seven goals in a 13-0 win over
Weatherly. Has 17 goals in four games this year.
* Matt Zollers, Spring-Ford (Royersford)
FootballJunior 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).
Here is the school
year's next round of
nominees...
Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of
the Week Nominees
* Hayden Johnson, Manheim Township (Lancaster) Football
Senior completed 24-of-31 passes for 349 yards and six TDs and carried the ball seven times for 78 yards and a TD in a 63-28 win over Spring-Ford. Has completed 67-of-92 passes for 1,082 yards and 17 TDs this season.
* Mikaely Freire Mendes, Abraham Lincoln (Philadelphia) Girls Soccer
Junior had five goals and an assist in an 8-4 win over MAST Charter II and three goals and two assists in a 5-0 win over Philadelphia High School for Girls.
* Stone Saunders, Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) Football
Junior completed 10-of-11 passes for 301 yards and six TDs in a 68-7 win over Palmyra. Has completed 66-of-101 passes for 1,132 yards and 15 TDs this season.
* Reese Hazelton, Philipsburg-Osceola (Philipsburg) Volleyball
Senior had 38 and 18 kills in wins over Forest Hills and Tyrone, respectively. Ranks No. 4 in the state with 163 kills.
* Lou Swartz, West Shamokin (Rural Valley) Football
Senior carried the ball 10 times for 309 yards and five TDs in a 52-20 win over Conemaugh Township. Also returned an interception for a TD and had four tackles and a TFL on defense. Has rushed for 859 yards and 13 TDs on 59 carries (14.6 yards per carry) this season.
* Collin Bailer, Forest City Boys Soccer
Senior had eight goals in a 9-1 win over Montrose.
* Jeremiah Knowles, Ephrata Football
Senior had 28 tackles (18 solo) and caused a fumble in a 55-29 win over Solanco.
* Maggy Hallihan, Jim Thorpe Volleyball
Senior had 37, 35 and 27 assists in three-set wins over Williams Valley, Blue Mountain and Pine Grove, respectively. Has 315 assists this season.
Previous
Winners
Week 1 Pennsylvania
High School Athletes of
the Week
* Matthew Machalik, Palmerton
FootballSenior 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)
FootballSenior caught six passes for 234 yards and
two TDs in a 49-0 win over Bellefonte.
Week 2 Pennsylvania
High School Athletes of
the Week
* Alexa Mork, East (West Chester)
VolleyballSenior had 28, 15 and 11 kills in wins
over Perkiomen Valley, Penncrest and Harriton.
* Jilly Deivert, Shikellamy (Sunbury) Girls
SoccerSophomore 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.
