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 200,000 votes were cast. So for this school year over 1.1-million votes have been cast.
Week 6 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week
* Ron Prislupski, Holy Cross (Dunmore) Boys SoccerJunior 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 VolleyballJunior 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 FootballSenior
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.
Here is the school year's first round of nominees...
Week 7 Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week Nominees
* Eben Mcintyre, Charleroi Boys SoccerSenior forward had six goals and an assist in a win over Southmoreland and four goals and an assist in a win over Waynesburg Central. Has 53 goals and eight assists this season.
* Cole Turner, Spring-Ford (Royersford) FootballSenior defensive back had four interceptions and returned one for a touchdown in a 49-0 win over Norristown.
* Belle Bosch, Chestnut Ridge (New Paris) VolleyallJunior middle hitter had 32, 20 and 18 kills in wins over Claysburg-Kimmel, Bishop Carroll and Richland. Also had 45 digs and 29 blocks in the three matches.
* Tucker St. Peter, Cowanesque Valley (Westfield) FootballSenior receiver/defensive back had three interceptions and returned a punt for a touchdown in a 32-0 win over Wyalusing Valley.
* Samantha Wechsler, Susquenita (Duncannon) Girls SoccerJunior forward had 10 goals and two assists las week in wins over Lebanon, East Juanita and East Pennsboro and a loss to Cedar Cliff. Has 35 goals and nine assists this season.
* Braden Scarvel , Sharpsville FootballJunior defensive lineman had 12 tackles, 7.5 tackles-for-loss and 4.5 sacks in a 34-6 win over Kennedy Catholic.
* Samantha Simmers, Freedom (Bethlehem) VolleyballSenior setter had 50, 45, 38 and 30 assists in wins over Bethlehem Catholic, Notre Dame-Green Pond, Nazareth Area and East Area. Has 725 assists and 181 digs this season.
* Bo Swartz, West Shamokin (Rural Valley) FootballSenior quarterback threw for 394 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in in a 70-26 win over United.
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 FootballSenior 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.
* Carson Long, Philipsburg-Osceola (Philipsburg) Boys SoccerFreshman 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.
Week 5 Pennsylvania High School Athletes of the Week
* Emily Greenland, Lower Merion (Ardmore) VolleyballSenior
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) VolleyballFreshman
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.
