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 seventh week of the prep baseball season. Voting will close Wednesday, May 15 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.
Please note that this poll is for games played from April 29 to May 4 but was delayed to run alongside the softball polls which included the final sectional games. This will be the final Player of the Week poll of the season. The Community Choice poll, which takes all of the Community Choice winners into a final poll for a $500 scholarship will launch later this week after this POTW poll finalizes.Â
- Braydon McClung, Greenbrier West – Batted .667 with and OBP of .833. Added two RBIs and six walks.
- Blake Stratton, Independence – Batted .455 with six RBIs, a double and a triple.
- Kadyn Hines, James Monroe – Hines bated .571 with six RBIs. On the mound he went 1-0 in 5.2 innings of work with 11 strikeouts.
- Grayson Kesterson, Nicholas County – Kesterson collected six hits during a 3-0 week for the Grizzlies with multiple hits in all three games.
- Jayden McClain, Oak Hill – McClain batted .556 during a 4-0 week for Oak Hill. As a pitcher he went 1-0 with 11 strikeouts in seven innings.
- Sammy Lyle, PikeView – Lyle batted .667 with a team-high six hits for the Panthers last week.Â
- Jake Meadows, Shady Spring – Meadows batted .588 with 10 hits for the Tigers last week scoring seven runs.
- Jake Boone, Summers County – Boone batted .750 with a triple and two RBIs.
- Jaeden Lester, Westside – Lester batted .500 with an RBI for the Renegades.
- Zach Hunt, Wyoming East – Hunt batted .571 across four games (4-0) with five RBIs, a home run and a 1-1 record on the mound.Â
Previous Winners
Week 1: Brandan Isaac, Summers County
Week 2: Eli Hilling, PikeView
Week 3: Cole Cunningham, Independence
Week 4: Peyton Gardinier, James Monroe
Week 5: Cole Brown, Nicholas County
Week 6: Jake Meadows, Shady Spring
Community Choice
Week 1: Hayden Miller, Westside
Week 2: Eli Hilling, PikeView
Week 3: Cole Cunningham, Independence
Week 4: Miken Smyth, Wyoming East
Week 5: Cole Brown, Nicholas County
Week 6: Levi Barnett, Independence
