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

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

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Oct 18, 2022, 5:25am
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 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. Last week over 1-million votes were cast. So far this school year 2.5-million votes have been cast.

Week 7 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Tyson Florence , Western Beaver (Industry) Football
Junior carried the ball 14 times for 210 yards and six TDs in a 49-21 win over Riverside.
 
* Ethen Knox, Oil City Football
Junior ran for over 400 yards for the fifth time this season with 409 yards (and five TDs) on 53 carries in a 38-21 win over Hollidaysburg. Now has 2,513 rushing yards and 29 TDs.
 
* Christian Snyder, Sharpsville Football
Senior had 26 tackles (22 solo) in a 48-7 loss to Farrell. His 100 tackles ranks third in the state.
 
* Jeremy Fyrer, Bethlehem Catholic Boys Soccer
Junior had 20 saves in a 3-2 win over East Stroudsburg North. Leads the state with 315 saves.
 
* Gabe Hein, Mars Football
Freshman caught three passes for 201 yards and three TDs in a 47-28 win over Kiski Area. He averaged 67 yards per catch. His longest reception was 79 yards.

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


Week 8 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Ryan Miller, Seneca (Erie) Football
Senior carried the ball 22 times for 407 yards and five TDs and had 12 tackles (10 solo), four TFL, two sacks, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a safety in a 40-0 win over Union City. Has rushed for 1,714 yards and 25 TDs and has 82 tackles, eight TFL, three fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions this season.
 
* Maggy Hallihan, Jim Thorpe Volleyball
Junior 33 assists and 21 digs in a 3-1 win over Northwestern Lehigh, 23 assists and 10 digs in a 3-0 win over Blue Mountain and 32 assists and four digs in a 3-0 win over Tamaqua. Has 503 assists (ranks eighth in the state) and 121 digs this season.
 
* Landan Stevenson, Mapletown (Greensboro) Football
Senior scored 41 points in a 49-3 win over Bentwoth. Ran for five TDs, caught a TD pass, ran for a 2-point conversion and kicked three PATs. Has scored 233 points this season (33 TDs, four 2-point conversions, 24 PATs and one FG) which ranks second in the state.
 
* Nate Myers, Southern Huntingdon County (Three Springs) Football
Senior completed 10-of-16 passes for 265 yards and six TDS and ran for 107 yards on 10 carries in a 61-35 win over Everett. Has thrown for 2,030 yards and 26 TDs and has rushed for 1,025 yards and 17 TDs this season.
 
* Tianna Stavrianos, Lower Merion (Ardmore) Volleyball
Senior had 40, 29 and 29 assists and 10, 13 and six digs, respectively, in wins over Radnor, Sacred Heart Academy and Ridley. Her 589 assists ranks seventh in the state. Also has 168 digs.
 
* Kevin Schmidt, Abington Heights (Clarks Summit) Football
Junior had five tackles and three interceptions in a 14-13 win over Scranton.
 
* Lainey Farabaugh, Bishop Guilfoyle (Altoona) Girls Soccer
Senior had six goals and two assists in a 9-1 win over Richland, four goals and an assist in an 8-2 win over Penn Cambria and two goals and an assist in a 3-2 win over Somerset. Has 49 goals and 112 points this season both rank second in the state.
 
* Mason Hoppes, Hughesville Football
Senior had 21 tackles, 17 solo), four sacks and a fumble recovery in a 21-0 win over Towanda. Has 107 tackles and 14 TFL this season.


Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Elle Smith, Clearfield Girls Soccer
Senior had seven goals and two assists in a 10-1 win over Karns City and two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win over Indiana.
 
* Aaron Crossley, Wyoming Area (Exeter) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 352 yards and four TDs and completed both his pass attempts for 21 yards and a TD in a 48-28 win over Tunkhannock. Also registered six tackles, a sack and a caused fumble.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Jenna Muha, Shade (Cairnbrook) Volleyball
Senior had 25 kills in 3-0 win over Meyersdale and 24 kills in a 3-0 win over McConnellsburg.
 
* Elliet Manning, East (West Chester) Volleyball
Senior had 29, 28, 25 and 21 assists in wins over Ridley (3-0), Penncrest (3-0), Marple Newton (3-0) and Harriton (3-0), respectively.

Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Krista Wilson, Mapletown (Greensboro) Volleyball
Senior had 25 and 23 kills in wins over California and Carmichaels, respectively. Added 19 digs in the two matches.
 
* Jordan Nichols, Richland (Johnstown) Football
Senior had 10 tackles, six TFL, five sacks and a fumble recovery in a 38-0 win over Bishop McCort.

Week 4 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Cole Taylor, Bedford Boys Soccer
Junior had four goals in a 13-0 win over Central and three goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over Greater Johnstown. Has 30 points in seven games
 
* Virginia Recchia, Slippery Rock Volleyball
Senior had 45 digs in 3-1 win over Reynolds, 38 digs in 3-2 loss to Grove City and 28 digs in a 3-2 win over Seneca.

Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Mylea Riggle, Armstrong (Kittanning) Girls Soccer
Junior had six goals and six assists in a 16-0 win over Carrick.

* Ben Dempster, Shenandoah Valley (Shenandoah) Football
Junior completed all 12 pf his passes for 253 yards and six TDs I a 51-20 win over Hancock.
 
* Ron Prislupski, Holy Cross (Dunmore) Boys Soccer
Senior had six goals and an assist in an 8-0 win over western Wayne and six goals in a 16-0 win over West Scranton. His 29 goals and 65 points this season both rank second in the state.

Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Devin Beattie, Burrell (Lower Burrell) Football
Junior carried the ball 35 times for 304 yards, six TDs and a 2-point conversion in a 41-30 win over Imani Christian Academy. Has 963 yards and 14 TDs in six games.

* Braylan Lovelace, Leechburg Football
Senior carried the ball 16 times for 200 yards, six TDs and a 2-point conversion in a 56-0 win Frazuer. Has 809 yards and 17 TDs in five games.

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