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 5, 2021, 6:00am
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 2021-22 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 100,000 votes were cast. So for this school year over 815,000 votes have been cast.

Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* 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.

* 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.

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


Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Collin Quintano, Notre Dame-Green Pond (Easton) Football
Senior quarterback completed 30-of-41 passes for 501 yards and six touchdowns in a 49-21 win over Jim Thorpe. Has completed 107-of-154 passes for 1,628 yards and 20 touchdowns on the season.

* Ethen Knox, Oil City Football
Sophomore running back carried the ball 27 times for 492 yards and five touchdowns in a 54-8 win over Franklin. Has 1,321 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns this season.

* Ron Prislupski, Holy Cross (Dunmore) Boys Soccer
Junior had 11 goals and three assists in back-to-back wins over Mountain View. Has 36 goals and 10 assists in eight games.

* Cece Isenberg, Berwick Volleyball
Junior had 28 kills in a win over Holy Redeemer and 23 kills in a win over Lake-Lehman. Has 187 kills in nine matches.

* Jeff Nyamekye, Red Lion Football
Senior receiver caught 14 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-7 win over Northeastern. Has caught 42 passes for 664 yards and four touchdowns in four games.

* Alison Matera, Conemaugh Township (Davidsville) Volleyball
Sophomore had 52, 36 and 35 assists in a loss to Somerset, a win over Rockwood and a win over Shanksville Stonycreek, respectively. Has 352 assists this season.

* Hunter Wall, Ridgway/Johnsonburg (Ridgway) Football
Senior had 22 tackles (18 solo), two tackles-for-loss, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal in a 40-21 win over Punxsutawney. The week before he had 23 tackles (15 solo), three TFL and a blocked punt in a 21-6 loss to DuBois.

* Molly Starner, Boiling Springs Girls Soccer
Junior had five goals and an assist in a 9-2 win over Spring Grove and four goals and two assists in am 8-0 win over Big Spring. Has 21 goals and 11 assists in 10 games.



Previous Winners

Week 1 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Caden Smith, Franklin Regional (Murrysville) Football
Senior defensive back/receiver had three interceptions (returned one for a touchdown) and five tackles in a 41-12 win over Plum. Also completed his lone pass attempt on offense for a 64-yard touchdown.

* Griffin Buzzell, Meadville Football
Senior running back/linebacker balled out in a 50-48 loss to Grove City. Carried the ball 20 times for 192 yards and three touchdowns and registered 19 tackles on defense.

Week 2 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Brayden Kunselman, Brookville Football
Junior receiver caught seven passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-7 win over DuBois. Also had five tackles and an interception.

* Ezi Hite, Williams Valley (Tower City) Football
Junior defensive tackle had six tackles, including five sacks, and a forced fumble in a 24-16 win over Pine Grove. Has 17 tackles and seven TFL through two games.

* Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (Kittanning) Football
Junior quarterback accounted for six touchdowns in a 49-6 win over Deer Lakes. Completed 23-of-35 passes for 285 yards and five touchdowns and carried the ball seven times for 42 yards and a touchdown.

Week 3 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week

* Erby Weller, Shippensburg Football
Junior caught seven passes for 204 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-20 win over Dover.

* Elliet Manning, East (West Chester) Volleyball
Junior has 175 assists total and 31-plus in each of her team's first five games (went 4-1).

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.

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