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 90,000 votes were cast! So far this
school year over 850,000 votes have been cast.
Week 4 Pennsylvania
High School Athletes of
the Week
* Lou Swartz, West Shamokin (Rural Valley)
FootballSenior 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.
* Jeremiah Knowles, Ephrata FootballSenior
had 28 tackles (18 solo) and caused a fumble in a 55-29 win over
Solanco.
Here is the school
year's next round of
nominees...
Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of
the Week Nominees
* Alivia Rutt, Mount Calvary Christian (Elizabethtown) Volleyball
Senior surpassed 1,000-career kills with 59 in wins over West Shore Christian Academy, Lancaster County Christian and Covenant Christian. She has 1,020 career kills and 1,156 career digs.
* Kye Harting, Garden Spot (New Holland) Football
Senior completed 11-of-18 passes for 218 yards and six TDs and carried the ball nine times for 150 yards and a TD in a 48-21 win over Fleetwood. Has thrown for 906 yards and 20 TDs and rushed for 637 yards and seven TDs this season. Now has 50 career TD passes.
* Larissa Evans, Millville Girls Soccer
Junior had 11 goals and two assists in two wins over Sullivan County and a loss to South Williamsport. Has 24 goals and four assists this season.
* Tasso Whipple, Penn-Trafford (Harrison City) Football
Junior carried the ball 23 times for 300 yards and three TDs and caught two passes for 53 yards and a TD in a 41-18 win over Hempfield Area.
* Mya Colosimo, Forest Hills (Sidman) Volleyball
Junior surpassed 1,000-career kills with 59 in wins over Portage, Greater Johnstown and Bishop Carroll. She has 1,024 career kills and 692 career digs.
* Emilie Nagel, Muncy Girls Soccer
Had eight assists and a goal in a win over Columbia Montour Vo-Tech and three goals and three assists in a win over Montgomery.
* Kaden Barnhart, River Valley (Blairsville) Football
Senior had 23 tackles a force two fumbles in a 48-27 win over West Shamokin. Averaging 11 tackles per game this season.
* Anthony Mucciolo, Old Forge Boys Soccer
Senior had nine goals and two assists in wins over Mid Valley and Carbondale Area.
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.
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).