Who had Ohio's best individual performances?
You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to again sponsor the Ohio Athlete of the Week awards during the 2020-21 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 (2-3 per week) 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. So far this school year, over 6.6-million votes have been cast, including 125,000 last week.
Week 10 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week
* Doug Rakes, Fairview (Sherwood) FootballSenior
quarterback threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 131
yards and three touchdowns in a 38-36 win over Northwood. Has thrown for
37 touchdowns and rushed for 11 more this season.
* Tyler Welsh, Genoa Area Boys SoccerSenior goalie recorded back-to-back games with 10 saves in wins over Delta (5-2) and Pettisville (3-2).
* Janessa Koffer, Franklin Monroe (Pitsburg) VolleyballSenior had back-to-back games of 35 digs in wins over Lehman Catholic (3-2) and Ansonia (3-0).
Here is the school year's latest round of nominees...
Week 11 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees
* Owen Treece, Van Wert FootballSenior quarterback accounted for six touchdowns in a 41-22 Division IV regional semifinal win over Bellevue. Completed 25-of-35 passes for 258 yards and two touchdwons and carried the ball 31 times for 160 yards and four touchdowns. Has thrown for 28 TDs and rushed for 18 more this season.
* Colby Simon, Coventry (Akron) FootballSenior outside linebacker had 20 tackles, including six tackles-for-loss, in a 35-19 win over Cloverleaf. Has 113 tackles, 15 TFL, six sacks and two interceptions on the season.
* Serenity Siefer, Leipsic VolleyballSophomore setter had 63 and 49 assists, respectively, in D-IV postseason wins over Miller City and New Riegel. Has 768 assists on the season.
* Kylie Clifton, Milford Girls SoccerSenior goalie had 16 saves in a 2-1 D-I sectional final win over Seton and 10 saves in a 3-2 sectional semifinal win over St. Ursula.
* Carly Spletzer, Lakota East (Liberty Township) Girls Cross CountySenior won the Division I Troy Regional title with a blazing time of 18:11.1.
* Connor Ackley, Hilliard Davidson Boys Cross CountrySophomore ran 15:44.6 to win the D-I Pickerington Regional meet.
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* Allie Dunlap, Heath Girls SoccerSophomore had a hat trick (three goals) in a 3-0 season-opening win over West Muskingum.
Week 2
* Austin Sees, Brookfield Boys SoccerSenior goalie made 15 saves in a 2-1 win over LaBrae and 14 saves in a 3-2 win over St. John (Ashtabula). Two of the three goals he allowed were penalty kicks.
* Katie Hooley, Jonathan Alder (Plain City) Girls SoccerJunior captain had four goals and two assists in a 10-0 win over Highland and three goals and three assists in a 13-1 win over Franklin Heights.
* Kylee Kosek, Springfield (New Middletown) Girls SoccerSenior had three goals and two assists in an 11-0 win over Girard and four goals and an assist in a 14-0 win over Newton Falls.
Week 3
* Shaden Malone, Clay (Portsmouth) Boys SoccerSenior goalkeeper and striker played large part in a 2-0-1 week. Had 16 saves in a 1-0 win over Glenwood and 12 saves in a 1-1 tie with South Webster. Also netted three goals and an assist in a 5-3 win over Belpre.
* Jordan Briggs, Grand Valley (Orwell) Boys SoccerSophomore had back-to-back hat tricks (six goals total) in wins over Geneva and Pymatuning Valley. Added an assist against PV for 13 points on the week.
Week 7
Had 57, 48 and 27 assists, respectively, in wins over Normandy, Brush and Laurel. Added 20 in a loss to Riverside.
* Emily Baker, Troy Christian VolleyballJunior captain had over 20 kills (102 total) in four straight matches as the Eagles beat Newton, Legacy Christian, Brookville and Ansonia.
* Xavier Puryear, Heath FootballSenior running back scored six touchdowns and rushed for 68 yards on 16 carries in a 56-20 win over Lakewood.
Week 8
* Eric Babinchak, Howland (Warren) FootballSenior running back rushed for 290 yards and four touchdowns on 39 carries in a 27-0 win over Buchtel.
* Hannah Golden, Centerville VolleyballJunior setter had 45 and 41 assists in wins over Northmont and Fairmont and 42 assists in a loss to Springboro.
* Bryce Schondelmyer and Brennen Troutwine, Arcanum FootballTande posted huge numbers in a 57-39 win over Dixie. Schondelmyer, a sophomore quarterback, completed 21-of-31 passes for 425 yards and seven touchdowns and also carried the ball 15 times for 75 yards and a touchdown. Troutwine, a junior split end, had 10 receptions for 276 yards and four touchdowns.
Week 9
* Cidny Long, Madison Plains (London) VolleyballSenior middle hitter had 55 kills and 11 blocks in 3-0 wins over Springfield Catholic Central, Greeneview and Greenon.
* Lauren Tuttle, Northeastern (Springfield) VolleyballSenior
outside hitter had a career-high 38 kills in a 3-2 win over Fairbanks.
Also had 29 kills in a 3-1 win over West Liberty-Salem and 23 kills in a
3-0 win over Mechanicsburg.
* Nathan Hawks, Greenon (Springfield) FootballSenior kicker connected on three second half field goals (47, 43 and 32 yards) as the Knights beat Taft 30-28.
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