MaxPreps Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now

Who had Indiana's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to sponsor the Indiana Athlete of the Week awards during the 2023-24 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 digital award patch for their MaxPreps player page. 

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. This past week, over 40,000 votes were cast! So far this season 405,000 votes have been cast.

Week 2 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Nate Luzadder, Frankton Football
Sophomore carried the ball 36 times for 179 yards and five TDs as the Eagles beat Lapel, 38-37, for the first time since 2012, snapping a 13-game losing streak in the series.
 
* Micah Foss, Greencastle Boys Soccer
Sophomore had five goals in a 9-0 win over Brown County and three goals in a 3-2 win over Crawfordsville. Also had a goal and assist in a 4-0 win over Indian Creek. His 17 goals and 36 points both rank No. 1 in the state.

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

Week 3 Indiana High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Sam Craig, Northwestern (Kokomo) Football
Junior carried the ball 25 times for 294 yards and three TDs in a 50-48 win over Benton Central. Also made seven tackles and had a forced fumble on defense.
 
* Caleb Delorenzo, Trinity (South Bend) Boys Soccer
Senior had two four-goal games in wins over New Prairie and Glenn (added two assists) and two goals and an assist in a win over Bremen. Also had two goals and an assist in a win over South Bend Riley for the undefeated Tians.
 
* Lindsey Krueger, Kouts Volleyball
Junior had 26 kills in a win over Hebron and back-to-back games of 17 kills wins over River Forest and North Judson-San Pierre. Has 156 kills and 112 digs this season.
 
* Darren Taylor, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks Football
Sophomore carried the ball 25 times for 249 yards and six TDs in a 42-12 win over Tindley. Has rushed for 362 yards and scored nine TDs on 47 carries in two games.
 
* Lily Jones, Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield) Volleyball
Senior had 34, 32 and 25 digs win wins over Lowell, Hammond Central and Highland. Has 278 digs this season.
 
* Owen Gilbert, Washington Township (Valparaiso) Boys Soccer
Junior had four goals and two assists in a win over Westville and back-to-back hat tricks (three goals each) in wins over Oregon-Davis and Portage Christian. Also had a goal in a 2-1 win over Kouts.
 
* Sophia Gisslen, Carroll (Fort Wayne) Volleyball
Senior had 37, 36, 33 and 21 assists in wins over Columbia City, Elkhart, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers and Hamilton North. Also had 32 assists in a loss to Hamilton Southeastern. Has 408 assists this year.
 
* Peyton Geer, Evansville Christian Girls Soccer
Sophomore had four goals and an assist in a 9-0 win over North Knox and back-to-back hat tricks (three goals each) in shutout wins over Evansville Harrison and Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran. Has 35 points (20 goals and three assists this season.

Week 1 Indiana High School Athletes of the Week

* Conner Burton, Winamac Boys Soccer
Senior dropped 25 points, including 12 goals, in wins over Delphi Community and Oregon-Davis and a loss to Glenn.
 
* Gavin Knight, Hammond Bishop Noll Football
Junior had three interceptions and seven tackles in a 30-18 win over South Bend Clay.