Vote now: Who should be SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (May 15-21)?
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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Josh Adamczewski, Lake Central baseball
Hit .533 for the week with three homers, two doubles, a triple, eight runs and 14 RBIs.
Jason Bogner, Highland baseball
Went 4-for-5 with three doubles, a run scored and three RBIs in an 8-3 win over Bishop Noll. He also struck out three in two innings of relief.
Jeremiah Clinton, Michigan City boys track and field
Won the 100 meters in 10.83 and the 200 in 21.91 at the Portage Sectional.
Kya Crooke, Heritage Christian girls track and field
Won four events at the Lawrence Central Sectional: the 100 (12.15), 300 hurdles (44.96), long jump (19-2) and high jump (5-4).
Caden Crowell, Valparaiso baseball
Shut out LaPorte 1-0, allowing seven hits and no walks while striking out 12.
Mikayla Derks, Illiana Christian softball
Pitched a two-hitter in a 10-0, five-inning shutout of South Central.
Parker Doyle, Center Grove boys track and field
Swept the hurdles at the Columbus North Sectional, going 14.32 in the 110s and 38.35 in the 300s.
Drew Franklin, Carmel boys track and field
Won the discus at the Westfield Sectional with a state season-best of 188-5. He also was third in the shot put at 57-7.
Bode Gilkerson, Plainfield boys track and field
Broke a 45-year-old program record by winning the high jump at the Plainfield Sectional with a clear of 7-0.25.
Kiley Hinton, Penn softball
Hit a three-run homer and a two-run homer in a 6-5 win over defending Michigan Division 2 state champ Lakeshore.
Erin Hoehn, North Posey softball
Struck out all 15 batters she faced in a five-inning perfect game against Perry Central. She also was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs.
Cody Johnston, Hobart boys track and field
Won the pole vault at the Crown Point Sectional with a 16-8 clear.
Grace McClain, Eastside softball
Broke her sister Faith's program record, driving in her 53rd run of the season in a 10-0 shutout of Heritage.
Rachel Mehringer, Forest Park girls track and field
Took three firsts at the Perry Central Sectional, in the 100 (12.53), 100 hurdles (14.0) and long jump (16-6.75).
Nayvir Newash-Campbell, Plainfield girls track and field
Ran the fastest 400 in state history, a 46.67, to win the Plainfield Sectional. She also advanced to the regional in the 200 and 1,600 relay.
Clara Phariss, Wheeler softball
Struck out 10 and pitched a six-inning two-hutter in a 12-1 win against Washington Township. She also was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Cameron Tilly, Castle baseball
Struck out 13 in 6 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs, in a 2-1 victory against Forest Park.
Maci Warner, Evansville North softball
Pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts and was 3-for-3 with a double and two homers in a 7-1 victory against Jasper. She also threw a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and was 3-for-4 with two homers and four RBIs in a 10-1 win against Pike Central.
Chloe Williams, Pike Central softball
Pitched a no-hitter, struck out eight and had two hits in a 7-0 shutout of Tell City.
Ava Zachary, Penn softball
Had four hits, including two home runs, and drove in four runs in a 17-7, five-inning victory against New Prairie.
North Newton softball's Brynn Christensen voted SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (May 8-14)
Previous winners: Illiana Christian's Kevin Corcoran Jr. (May 1-7), Pike Central's Karley Kavanaugh (April 24-30), Penn's Kiley Hinton (April 17-23),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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