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

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. Last week over 225,000 votes were cast. So for this school year over 715,000 votes have been cast.

Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* John Adams, Minersville Football
Senior completed 15-of-21 passes for 399 yards and five touchdowns and carried the ball 13 times for 59 yards and a touchdown in a 47-24 win over Williams Valley. Has thrown for 1,086 yards and 12 touchdowns in four games.

* Stone Saunders, Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) Football
Freshman quarterback completed 9-of-15 passes for 232 yards and six touchdowns in a 75-7 win over Palmyra.

* Carson Long, Philipsburg-Osceola (Philipsburg) Boys Soccer
Freshman had eight assists and three goals in a 13-0 win over Tyrone, three goals and an assit in a 5-4 win over Saint Joseph's Catholic and an assist in a 1-0 win over Huntington. Has 11 goals and 10 assists in five games.

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

Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Joey Vevasis, Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah) Football
Senior defensive back/receiver had 24 tackles and two interceptions, caught seven passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for a 2-point conversion in a 26-9 win over Marian Catholic.

* Henry McElroy, Northumberland Christian Boys Soccer
Junior had four goals and two assists in a 7-1 win over Columbia County Christian, four goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over Meadowbrook Christian and a goal and three assists in a 5-4 win over Blair County Christian. Has 28 goals and nine assists in 10 games.

* Jacob Martinez, Scranton Football
Junior lineman had eight tackles, six tackles-for-loss, three sacks and a caused fumble in a 15-6 win over Honesdale.

* Emily Greenland, Lower Merion (Ardmore) Volleyball
Senior setter had 46, 33 and 31 assists in wins over Downingtown East, Strath Haven and Penncrest. Has 255 assists in nine matches.

* Jacob Boring, United (Armagh) Football
Senior had three interceptions, five tackles and carried the ball 27 times for 115 yards and a touchdown in a 17-14 loss to Northern Cambria.

* Elle Smith, Clearfield Girls Soccer
Junior had four goals, three goals and two assists and three goals and an assist in wins over Bellefonte, Huntingodn and Curwensville. Has scored three or more goals in seven of nine games and has 26 goals and 10 assists total.

* Damon Crawley, Forest Hills (Sidman) Football
Senior running back carried the ball 28 times for 320 yards and five touchdowns in a 42-35 win over Chestnut Ridge. Also had four tackles and a sack at linebacker. Has rushed for 1,132 yards and 12 touchdowns in five games.

* Sophia Schweikert, Upper Merion Area (King of Prussia) Volleyball
Freshman outside hitter had 27, 21, 20 and 15 kills in wins over Pope John Paul II, Owen J. Roberts, Lansdale Catholic and Owen J. Roberts, respectively. Has 227 kills in 14 matches.