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

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

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Oct 15, 2024, 7:20am
Who had Indiana's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Indiana Athlete of the Week awards during the 2024-25 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.

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Participants may manually vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 355,000 votes were cast! So far this school year 2.7-million votes have been cast.

Week 7 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Levi Muhlenkamp, Jay County (Portland) Boys Soccer
Senior followed up a six-goal game against Blackford with a seven-goal outing in a win over Liberty Christian. His 34 goals this season rank second in Indiana and 26th nationally. His 71 points are fifth and 48, respectively.
 
*Samir Del Rio, Boone Grove (Valparaiso) Football
Senior caught seven passes for 178 yards and four TDs, made 12 tackles and returned a fumble for a TD in a 47-28 win over Whiting. Has 52 receptions for 786 yards and 10 TDs this season.

Below is the latest round of nominees...


Week 8 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Braylen Townsend, Bloomington South Football
Junior carried the ball 37 times for 337 yards and five TDs and caught a 60-yard TD pass in a 68-57loss to Brebeuf Jesuit Prep. Has rushed for 1,305 yards and 15 TDs this season.
 
* Ryan Delgatto, Lafayette Central Catholic Football
Senior had eight TFL, six sacks and two forced fumbles in a 79-0 win over Benton Central. Career numbers are 159 tackles, 36 TFL, 24 sacks and nine forced fumbles.
 
* Tyrus Graverson, Bremen Football
Senior caught 13 passes for 235 yards and a TD, had eight tackles, a TFL, a caused fumble, a fumble recovery, a 24-yard field goal and was 3-for-3 on PATs in a 46-38 win over Knox.
 
* Sophie Goodwin, Lapel Girls Soccer
Junior had three straight hat tricks (three goals) in wins over Elwood (two) and Tipton. Has 73 points this season (29 goals and 15 assists).
 
* Trishell Johnson, Daleville Volleyball
Senior had 39 kills in a loss to Jay County and 20 in a win over Monroe Central. Has 1,112 career kills, 452 digs and 152 blocks.
 
* Ava Whitmore, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) Volleyball
Senior had 46 and 45 assists in wins over Perry Meridian and new Palestone. Her 999 assists this season leads the state and ranks 25th nationally. Has 2,499 career assists.
 
* Aidan Weatherhead, Winchester Community Football
Junior accounted for six TDs in a 69-6 win over Cambridge City Lincoln. Carried the ball 13 times for 190 yards and five TDs and returned a kickoff for TD. Career numbers read 3,552 all-purpose yards (2,825 rushing) and 41 TDs.
 
* Alex Leugers, Franklin Community Football
Senior carried the ball 27 times for 338 yards and four TDs in a 41-14 win over Greenwood. Has 1,362 yards rushing and 17 total TDs this season. Has 2,968 career rushing yards and 30 total TDs.
 



Previous Winners

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Marco Castro, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, Ind.) Football
Senior carried the ball 34 times for 336 yards and three TDs in a 23-0 win over Rensselaer Central.
 
* Keira Lucas, Northview (Brazil, Ind.) Volleyball
Senior leads the state with 155 kills. Had a season-high 33 in a 3-1 win over Plainfield. Also has 159 digs. Has 1,686 career kills and 1,002 digs.
 
* Noah Moore, White River Valley (Switz City, Ind.) Boys Soccer
Sophomore has a state-best 22 points entering the week. Had four goals in a 9-0 win over Austin and three goals and an assist in a 7-1 win over Clarksville.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Brock Shank, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Senior went over 4,000-career passing yards with 412 yards and six TDs on 15-of-27 passing in a 45-27 win over Eastern. Now has 4,166 career yards and 37 TDs.
 
* Ava McCune, Culver Community (Culver) Girls Soccer
Freshman scored six goals in a 7-2 win over South Bend Riley and three goals in a 4-2 win over DeMotte Christian. Her 17 goals and 36 points currently rank seventh and ninth nationally, respectively.
 
*Cale Barger, Scottsburg Boys Soccer
Junior scored seven goals in an 8-0 win over Lanesville.

Week 3 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Jameson Crawford, Knightstown Football
Junior carried the ball 11 times for 202 yards and seven TDs in a 75-0 win over Union County.
 
* Matthew Saaty, Indiana School for the Deaf (Indianapolis) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 398 yards and four TDs and completed 5-of-11 passes for 90 yards and a TD in a 48-44 loss to Traders Point Christian.

Week 4 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Liam Hannon, Muncie Burris Boys Soccer
Senior scored his 50th point this season with a goal in a 2-1 win over Heritage Christian. Also had three goals and four assists in a 10-0 win over Seton Catholic and three goals and three assists in a 9-0 win over Liberty Christian. Has 168 career points (58 goals and 52 assists).
 
* Stella Wolfe, Corydon Central Girls Soccer
Junior had four goals in a 10-0 win over Trinity Lutheran and three goals in a 7-0 win over Austin. Has 14 goals this season.
 
* Grace Sailors, North Miami (Denver) Volleyball
Junior reached 500 career kills with 21 in a 3-0 win over Argos. Also had 22 kills in a 3-1 win over Lewis Cass. Her 270 kills this season currently ranks second in Indiana.

Week 5 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Corbin Johnson, South Decatur (Greensburg) Football
Senior went over 4,000-career rushing yards and scored 40 points in a 53-12 win over Crimson.  Rushed for 278 yards and four TDs on 20 carries, intercepted three passes (retuned two for TDs), scored on a 2-point conversion run and added a safety. His 18 TDs and 122 points this season rank fifth nationally. Currently has 4,001 career rushing yards and 56 TDs. Has 4,819 career all-purpose yards and 60 total TDs. Averages 12.1 points per game over his career (32 games).
 
* Colin Cook, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Making his first start, freshman completed 18-of-27 passes for 435 yards and seven TDs in a 47-16 win over Whitko. Coming into the game he was 1-for-4 for seven yards in two previous appearances.
 
* Dominic Garzolini and Aden Wallace, South Vermillion (Clinton, Ind.) Football
Senior pass and catch tandem turned up huge in 48-14 win over Covington, Garzolini completed 16-of-23 passes for 417 yards and six TDs, while Wallace caught eight passes for 220 yards and three TDs. Garzolini has thrown for 1,542 yards and 20 TDs in five games, while Wallace has 27 receptions for 648 yards and eight TDs.

Week 6 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Emory Smith, Bethesda Christian (Brownsburg) Girls Soccer
Senior surpassed 150 career points with 28 (12 goals and four assists) in wins over Greenwood Christian Academy, Indy genesis HomeSchool and Indianapolis Shortridge. Her 38 goals and 85 points this season both reank third in Indiana and are fifth and sixth nationally, respectively. Currently has 71 career goals, 13 assists and 155 points.
 
* Cian Moore, Covington Football
Senior went over 2,000-career rushing yards and 3,000-career all-purpose yards with 323 yards and five TDs on 18 carries in a 38-0 win over Parke Heritage. Also had 10 tackles, an interception and forced fumble.


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