Vote now: Who should be SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (April 24-30)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff.
Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced the following week. If you would like to nominate an athlete in the future, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com.
THIS WEEK’S SBLIVE INDIANA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:
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RJ Anglin, LaPorte baseball
Pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts to beat Chesterton 8-0.
Bralen Bair, Jasper boys track and field
Ran 22.44 in the 200 meters, breaking a 43-year-old program record.
Peyton Blackard, Gibson Southern boys golf
Shot a 4-under 68 to finish first at the Hall of Fame Invitational.
Seth Deom, Heritage Hills baseball
Allowed three hits and struck out three over five innings, and was 2-for-3 with a double in an 11-1 victory over Gibson Southern.
Mikayla Derks, Illiana Christian softball
Threw a five-inning no-hitter with eight strikeouts in an 11-0 shutout of Griffith. Also pitched a three-hitter and was 2-for-3 with a homer in a 3-0 shutout against Munster.
Bradyn Douglas, Frankton baseball
Went 4-for-4 with two triples, four runs and two RBIs in a 14-2 victory against Cowan.
Karlye Graber, Barr-Reeve softball
Struck out 17, pitched a two-hitter and homered in a 9-0 shutout of Vincennes Lincoln.
Joseph Greene, Hammond Central baseball
Went 3-for-3 with three triples, two runs and four RBIs in a 12-1, five-inning win against Calumet.
Luke Himes, Heritage Christian boys track and field
Went 66-7 in the shot put at the Circle City Conference Meet. It's the second-best effort in the U.S. this season.
Erin Hoehn, North Posey softball
Threw a five-inning no-hitter, striking out nine, in a 15-0 win over South Spencer.
Jake Hooker, University baseball
Struck out 10 in four innings, allowing no earned runs and one hit, and homered and drove in two runs in an 8-1 rain-shortened win against Fort Wayne Luers.
Andrew Jimenez, Griffith baseball
Went 3-for-4 with a run and five RBIs in a 12-3 victory against Morton.
Karley Kavanaugh, Pike Central softball
Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and four RBIs in a 16-5 win against Boonville.
Jonah Kyle, Valparaiso boys volleyball
Had 11 kills, six digs and 12 service points in a four-set win against Crown Point.
Chloe Linn, Western softball
Pitched a five-inning no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 10-0 shutout of Lewis Cass.
Hadley Lucas, Bloomington North girls track and field
Had a state season-best of 167-2 in the discus at the Conference Indiana Meet.
Christian Pownall, Western baseball
Struck out 18 and pitched a five-hitter in a 9-0 win against Lewis Cass.
Alex Rasche, Evansville Memorial softball
Struck out five over five innings and was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs in a 12-2 win against Evansville Harrison.
Kami Shoemaker, Kokomo softball
Hit two homers in a 16-2 win against Taylor.
Ava Zachary, Penn softball
Homered twice, doubled and drove in eight runs in an 18-0, five-inning win over South Bend Clay.
Penn's Kiley Hinton voted SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (April 17-23)
Previous winners: Boone Grove's Meredith Szakacs (April 10-16), Bishop Noll's Anais Reyna (April 3-9), Barr-Reeve's Grace Butcher (March 27-April 2), Plainfield's Bode Gilkerson (March 20-26), Scottsburg's Jack Miller (March 13-19), Hammond Central's Kenneth Grant (March 6-11), Ben Davis' Clay Butler (Feb. 27-March 4), West Vigo's Zeke Tanoos (Feb. 20-25), Chesterton's Aiden Torres (Feb. 13-18), Fort Wayne North Side's Eugene Young Jr. (Feb. 6-11), Evansville Harrison's Shane Sims (Jan. 30-Feb. 4),South Spencer's Ty Brown (Jan. 23-28), Lake Central's Vanessa Wimberly (Jan. 16-21), Castle's Jordan Scott (Jan. 9-14), Hammond Central's Danny Garza (Jan. 2-7), Lawrence Central's Jaylah Lampley (Dec. 26-31), Kokomo's Flory Bidunga (Dec. 5-10), Crown Point's Ava Ziolokowski (Nov. 28-Dec. 3), Lapel's Laniah Wills (Nov. 21-26), New Prairie's Marshall Kmiecik (Nov. 14-19), East Central's Josh Ringer (Nov. 7-12), Hamilton Southeastern's Avery Hobson (Oct. 31-Nov. 5), Danville football's Conner Soper (Oct. 24-29), Hamilton Southeastern's Lauren Harden (Oct. 17-22), Brebeuf Jesuit's Sydney Robinson (Oct. 10-15), Franklin's John Shepard (Oct. 3-8), Carmel golfer Claire Swathwood (Sept. 26-Oct. 1), Greenfield-Central golfer Sydney Wherry (Sept. 19-24), East Central (St. Leon) running back Josh Ringer (Sept. 12-17), North Putnam running back Noah Claycomb (Sept. 4-10), Chatard soccer goalkeeper Olivia Hill, (Aug. 29-Sept. 3) and Terre Haute South Vigo outside hitter Lilly Merk (Aug. 22-28).
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