By james art Soccer and volleyball players are among the finalists for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Athlete of the Week.
AJ accepts nominations weekly until noon on Sunday. Online voting begins at 4 a.m. Monday at lubbockonline.com. The poll runs until 5pm on Thursday, with the winner announced on the first Friday of the following month.
HOW TO NOMINATE
► The coaching staff can nominate a player for next week’s award by emailing [email protected] by Sunday morning.
► Include a nomination with rating level and relevant stats/information from this week’s games/scores.
Here are the nominees this week.
Nominated women
Quinn Brewington, jr., Lubbock Christian — Recorded 10 kills on 15 attempts in a win over Midland Classical. She also had three blocks and four digs.
Mallory Holdman, jr., Coronado — Had 40 assists, 22 digs, three kills, three aces and a block in a win over Plainview.
Olivia Whitfield, Sr., Frenship — Had 35 assists, 11 digs and two aces in a win over Midland Legacy.
Men nominated
Kyrie Baxter, Sr., Monterey — Ran for 124 yards and four TDs, adding a 74-yard TD catch in win over Amarillo Tascosa.
Hector Gerhardt, Sr., Center Hale — Ran for 245 yards and two TDs on 13 carries in win over Crosbyton.
Branson Simmental, So., Ropes — Recorded three interceptions and three tackles in win over Smeyer.
This article originally appeared in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Vote for the Lubbock AJ High School Athlete of the Week