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 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.
Please note that this poll is for games played throughout the sectional tournament and was delayed to include all of those 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.
- Kenzie Pierce, Independence – Pierce started three consecutive elimination games and won them all, posting a 1.85 ERA with three complete-game victories as the Patriots defended their sectional crown.
- Izzy Smith, Bluefield – Smith went 3-0 in the circle with a 0.58 ERA. At the plate she batted .667 with two home runs and seven RBIs.
- Taylor Boswell, Greenbrier East – Boswell batted .556 in the sectional tournament, with a team-high five hits, a home run and three RBIs.
- Madison Rader, Midland Trail – Rader pitched 22 innings, finishing with a 0.95 ERA as the Patriots went 4-0 on their way to the sectional championship as the No. 2 seed. She also had three RBIs at the plate.
- Bryleigh Thomas, James Monroe – Thomas batted .700 with five RBIs at the plate. As a pitcher she went 2-0 in the circle with a 1.21 ERA as the Mavericks won the sectional title.
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
Week 6: Grace Richardson, Bluefield
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
Week 6: Nevaeh Hall, Midland Trail
