Eight Athletes from Six different schools have been named the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week.
Each athlete was nominated by his or her coach. All statistics incurred from December 19th through January 7th.
Below is a look at each Athlete of the Week by sport:
Girls Basketball
Name: Maddie & Blake Gilbert
Grade: Senior
School: Sebring McKinley High School
Stats:
Coaches Quote: “Blake and Maddie tallied 27 of the team’s 34 points in the Trojans overtime win Saturday vs Lordstown. Maddie scored the tying basket with 6 seconds left in regulation, and Blake scored 4 of the team’s 9 points in the overtime,” according to head coach Anthony Agresta.
Name: Diamon Sims
Grade: Junior
School: Campbell Memorial High School
Stats: 11 points and 5.3 rebounds
Coaches Quote: “Diamon has been the emotional and offensive leader of this basketball team. She has shown steady improvement throughout the year in every facet of the game, and truly has been an absolute pleasure to coach this year. Way to go Diamon,” according to head coach John Childers.
Name: Cailey Wellman
Grade: Junior
School: Brookfield High School
Stats: 11.0 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.3 spg
Coaches Quote: “Cailey was our leading rebounder and 2 nd leading scorer in the span of the last 4 games. She gave us great things on the defensive end by rebounding and blocking shots. On the offensive end she was a great presence in the post,” according to head coach Ken Forsythe.
Name: Ella Kuszmaul
Grade: Freshmen
School: Labrae High School
Stats: 4 games – 12.75 ppg, 6.25 rpg
Coaches Quote: “Ella has been a consistent scorer for us all season. She continues to work hard to improve her game. Ella had a double-double (12 points, 14 rebounds) in our game against Champion,” according to head coach Mandy Rowe.
Boys Basketball
Name: Donovan Pawlowski
Grade: Senior
School: Brookfield High School
Stats: (Last 5 Games) Average 19 points, 4 assists, and 8.8 rebounds per game.
Coaches Quote: “Donovan is one the hardest playing kids I have ever coached. He does not say much but he is the epitome of “leading by example,” according to head coach Shawn Hammond.
Name: Preston Gedeon
Grade: Sophomore
School: Garfield High School
Stats: Averaged 27.5 points , 3 rebounds and 1 steal per game
Coaches Quote: “Preston came up huge in two conference victories on the road. In Tuesday’s matchup at Champion, Preston recorded a career high 28 points and followed it up with 27 in a victory at Liberty. Preston’s growth and impact this season has been remarkable. It is a credit to the hard work he puts in during and out of season. Both performances were critical in helping our team win,” according to head coach Andrew Olesky.
Wrestling
Name: Lucas Sokol
Grade: Sophomore
School: Jackson Milton High School
Stats: 3-1 for the week
Coaches Quote: “Lucas put in a strong week of practice and chained together 3 impressive wins to find himself in the finals at the JM Invitational Tournament,” according to head coach Brian Weidenthal.
