Vote: Who should be High School Sports on SI National Girls Athlete of the Week? (11/25/2024)

Which athlete had the best performance in the nation from Nov. 18-24?

Canyon View quarterback Katelyn Jewell . / Nicole Mullen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Each week during the high school sports season, SBLive/SI will gather the best performances across the country with the help of fans, readers and staff.

Now, it’s your turn to choose a standout among the pack, the best of the best.

Here are the nominees for High School on SI’s National High School Girls Athlete of the Week for Nov. 18-24. Voting closes on Monday, December 2 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time). The poll is below the write-ups on each athlete.

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Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

SBLive/SI National High School Girls Athlete of the Week candidates

1. Emma Albarado, jr., Parkway (Louisiana) soccer

Albarado netted three goals in an 8-0 shutout of Evangel Christian.

2. Anna Campanelli, sr., Huntley (Illinois) basketball

Campanelli, a Kent State signee, scored a career-high 32 points and had nine steals in a 53-35 win over Boylan Catholic. 

3. Megan Carney, sr., Duxbury (Massachusetts) soccer

Carney recorded a hat trick in a 5-2 victory over Westborough. Duxbury went on to fall to Masconomet in the state championship match. 

4. Kiera Cornman, sr., Fairport (New York) volleyball

Cornman had 33 kills as Fairport defeated Shenendehowa in four sets for the Class AAA title. 

5. Megan Earnest, sr., Auburn (Virginia) volleyball

Earnest led the way with 16 kills as Auburn took down Rappahannock in three sets to win its sixth straight state title. 

6. Izzy Eisbach, jr., Treynor (Iowa) basketball

Eisbach had 29 points in a 62-40 win over Nodaway Valley. 

7. Maleya Giddens, jr., Assumption (Kentucky) flag football

Giddens scored three touchdowns as Assumption downed Central, 25-6, in the inaugural girls flag football league championship game. The junior was also named Kentucky Ms. Flag Football. 

8. Talya Haim, so., Camino Real (California) flag football

Haim threw for 252 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-18 victory over San Fernando. She fired three more touchdowns in the Division II championship game as Camino Real blanked Cleveland, 26-0. 

9. Adelaida Ibanez-Eddy, so., Banning (California) flag football

Ibanez-Eddy caught a 20-yard touchdown in overtime and had the game-clinching interception that lifted Banning to an 18-12 victory over San Pedro in the City Section Open Division championship game.

10. Katelyn Jewell, sr., Canyon View (Arizona) flag football

Jewell threw three touchdowns as Canyon View defeated Mountain Pointe in the Class 5A title game, 34-14. 

11. Mae Kordas, sr., Cathedral Catholic (California) volleyball

Cathedral Catholic senior outside hitter Mae Kordas sends down one of her 18 kills in the Dons' three-game sweep over Mity in the CIF State Open Division Championship Nov. 23 at Santiago Canyon College / Photo: Heston Quan

Kordas had 18 kills as Cathedral Catholic captured the State Open Division title with a straight-sets victory over Archbishop Mitty. 

12. Claire Phillips, jr., Central Valley Christian (California) volleyball

Phillips led the way with six blocks in a straights-sets win over Monta Vista that secured the Division III title. 

13. Adyra Rajan, jr., Fairmont Prep (California) basketball

Rajan hit eight 3-pointers and finished with 30 points — including the 1,000th of her career — in an 82-44 win over Santa Margarita. 

14. Molly Shafer, sr., Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Iowa) basketball

Shafer recorded 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a 66-42 victory over Lynnville-Sully.

15. Kate Sheehan, jr., Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina) flag football

Sheehan intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown in a 25-6 win over Leesville Road.

16. Alexis Shehan, sr., Lake Norman (North Carolina) basketball

Shehan had 22 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as Lake Norman downed Mallard Creek, 60-52. 

17. Jordan Speiser, sr., Lutheran St. Charles (Missouri) basketball

Speiser, a Kansas State signee, scored 29 points in a 61-57 win over Alton. 

18. Kate Stern, sr., San Ramon Valley (California) volleyball

Stern had 42 assists in a four-set win over Centennial that clinched the Division II title. 

19. Samaya Taylor-Jenkins, jr., Hamilton (Arizona) flag football

Taylor-Jenkins caught three touchdowns as Hamilton capped a perfect season with a 21-17 win over Red Mountain in the Class 6A title game. 

20. Ava Travis, jr., Northridge (Ohio) basketball

Travis poured in 37 points — a new Northridge single-game record — in a 58-54 win over Highland. Travis also had three rebounds, two assists and two steals. 

21. Izzy Wyaskett, jr., Clearfield (Utah) basketball

Wyaskett buried five 3-pointers en route to 25 points as Clearfield defeated Sky View, 55-36. 

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-- Bob Lundeberg | @sblivesports