Shortstop Hannah Anderson of Caledonia-Mumford (Caledonia, N.Y.), shown here during the 2012 NYSPHSAA Class C tournament, was named MaxPreps/NFCA Player of the Week for the East Region.
Photo by Chris Cecere
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –
Hannah Anderson of
Caledonia-Mumford (Caledonia, N.Y.),
Haley Gyurina of
Muncy (Muncy, Pa.),
Patty Maye Ohanian of
Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.),
Presley Bell of
Dayton (Dayton, Texas) and
Kailee Ramirez of
Portales (Portales, N.M.) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week, respectively, announced on Monday for games played April 27-May 3.
EastAnderson, a junior shortstop, batted .733 (11-for-15) with 13 runs scored, six RBI, two doubles, a triple and two home runs. She scored at least twice in all four games and recorded three-multi-hit contests, helping the Raiders to a 4-0 week. Anderson crossed the dish four times against a Wheatland-Chili and Pavilion, going 3-for-4 in each of those contests. She closed out the week with a 4-for-5 effort in which she scored three times, drove in three runs, doubled and homered against Geneseo. Anderson also left the yard against Pavilion and knocked in a pair of runs.
NorthGyurina paced Muncy's offensive attack by batting .800 (8-for-10) with three doubles and a home run, six RBI and six runs scored during a 3-0 week for the Indians. Gyurina highlighted her week, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI versus Montgomery. The junior captain also posted two-hit contests against Sullivan County and Benton. Against Sullivan County, Gyurina knocked in three and scored twice. She double, homered in the finale versus Benton. For the week, she recorded a .818 on base and 1.400 slugging percentage, respectively.
SouthOhanian hit.812 (13-for-16) and slugged a robust 2.063 with three doubles, five home runs, 15 RBI and 11 runs scored for the Knights. The sophomore started her week off by homering twice, driving in three and scoring two runs versus St. Mary's Ryken. Ohanian left the hard again and recorded three RBI in a 10-3 win over Seton. In her final two games of the week, she was a perfect 7-for-7 with a double, triple, two long balls, seven RBI and six runs scored helping Bishop O'Connell to triumphs over Paul VI and Bishop Ireton.
South CentralBell posted a pair of two-hit shutouts, struck out 18 and chipped in with a home run and three RBI in Dayton's two wins over Lumberton last week. She opened with a 11-strikeout, one-walk shutout in a 5-0 win. In addition, Bell went 2-for-3 in that game with a home run and three RBI. The senior capped off the two-game sweep by striking out seven and walking just one the following day. In the two games, she held her opposition to an .080 batting average.
WestIn a doubleheader against Ruidoso, Ramirez was a perfect 9-for-9 with 11 RBI, three doubles and five runs scored. In leading the Rams to a sweep of Ruidoso, the senior infielder knocked in over half of Portales' runs in game two with eight RBI in a 14-8 triumph. She was 5-for-5 with two doubles a home run and three runs scored. Prior to that, she went 4-for-4 with a double, three RBI, two runs scored. Ramirez slugged 1.667 in the two contests.
MaxPreps, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible that week.
The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of the Week are announced on NFCA every Monday during the spring season, with one representative chosen from each of five separate high school regions. During the fall campaign, just a single player is selected representing all participating regions.
MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team's stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team's information out to thousands of high school sports fans and college coaches across the country.
To obtain a coach's login, please contact kwagner@maxpreps.com or call 1-800-329-7324 x5153.
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