The Lootpress Player of the Week Award sponsored by Mid-State Ford, Little General, and The Law Offices of Brandon Steele, has returned for the second year.
Below are the candidates for the sixth week of the prep softball season. Voting will close Wednesday, May 1 at 11:59 P.M. The fan vote will be used in the event of a tie. VOTES ALONE DO NOT DETERMINE THE WINNER. There are also changes to the Player of the Week voting pertaining to the top overall vote getter that you can read about here.
If the top vote getter has already won a community choice poll, the next leading vote getter who has not won will be named that week’s community choice winner.
Moving forward, votes found to be obtained using an extension, bot or any other automated service will be subtracted from the final tally.
In order for a player to be eligible or nominated, the stat keeper or coach must allow us access to their GameChanger statistics and report boxes. The emails to allow are Tylerjackson@lootpress.com and Rustyudy@lootpress.com.
- Grace Richardson, Bluefield – Richardson batted .583 with a .643 OBP, hitting a home run and compiling five RBIs.
- Alanis McClary, Greenbrier East – McClary batted .500 with a .667 OBP, with five walks. She also caught a pair of shutouts in wins over Independence and Beckley.
- Abigail Jenkins, Princeton – Jenkins batted .667 with an OBP of .750, adding a trio of doubles and three RBIs in a 3-0 week.
- Brilee Redden, Greenbrier West – Redden batted .500 in three games with four RBIs to lead West during a 2-1 week.
- Keandra Spurlock, Independence – Spurlock batted .462 with a .533 OBP, driving in six runs for the Patriots this past week.
- McKinlea Hill, Liberty – Hill batted .600 with five RBIs and four extra-base hits including a home run for the Raiders.
- Nevaeh Hall, Midland Trail – Hall batted .600 with nine RBIs and a home run for the Patriots this past week.
- Avary Bragg, Shady Spring – Bragg batted .550 with 11 hits, nine RBIs and a home run for the Tigers. As a pitcher she went 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA.
- Aubrey Smallwood, Beckley – Smallwood went 2-1 on the week with a 2.10 ERA. She fanned 28 batters in 13.1 innings of work.
- Carli Raye, Wyoming East – Raye batted .500 with four RBIs and a home run, going 1-1 in the circle as a pitcher.
Previous Winners
Week 1: Alli Hypes, Independence
Week 2: Preslee Treadway, Greenbrier West
Week 3: Emma Lilly, Independence
Week 4: Jenna Joyce, Shady Spring
Week 5: Kayla Bartley, Greenbrier East
Community Choice (Advances to season end poll for scholarship)
Week 1: Zoey Agnew, Princeton
Week 2: Taylor Mabry, Bluefield
Week 3: Izzy Smith, Bluefield
Week 4: Abigail Jenkins, Princeton
Week 5: Madison Rader, Midland Trail