Miller Grove's (Lithonia, GA) Amiyah Morrison captured the first 2024 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Fall Player of the Week award. The senior pitcher is being recognized for her outstanding play for the week of Aug. 19-25.
Morrison lifted Miller Grove to three victories last week as she did not allow a hit over 11 innings of work, while also batting .857 and scoring nine runs. Morrison struck out 29 of the 39 batters she faced, surrendered an unearned run and issued two walks. She fanned a week-high 12 batters (zero walks) against Redan. Morrison also struck out eight and nine batters against Salem and Arabia Mountain, respectively. At the plate, she was 3-for-3 with a double, three RBI and four runs scored versus Salem, while adding three RBI against Arabia Mountain and scoring three times versus Redan.
MaxPreps.com, 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 a coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week's award.
The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week is announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the spring season.
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 MaxPreps 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, as well as college coaches across the country.
To obtain a coach's login, please contact: coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call (800) 329-7324 x1.
