How to nominate Columbus Dispatch Athletes of the Week in 2024-25
Here’s how to nominate students for the Columbus Dispatch’s athletes of the week ballots for the 2024-2025 school year.
Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
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Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Monday, April 21.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week’s ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch, and nominations made over the past week.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they’re not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven’t won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.
Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at bwhite1@dispatch.com.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week’s Athlete of the Week candidates:
Brad Butcher, Hamilton Township baseball: Hit .455 with a .625 on-base percentage. He also pitched a complete-game victory over Logan Elm, throwing seven innings with no earned runs, four hits and five strikeouts. Against London, he pitched a scoreless eighth inning to improve his record to 4-0.
Johnny DiBlasio, Hilliard Davidson baseball: Went 11 for 18 (.611) in five games with 10 RBIs, eight runs, seven singles, two doubles, a triple, a home run, three stolen bases, four walks and a hit-by-pitch.
Liam Farley, Thomas Worthington lacrosse: Finished the week with nine ground balls, 14 takeaways and a key goal against Hilliard Bradley. He has more than 30 caused turnovers this year and more than 100 in his career. Against Bradley, he had a goal, five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
Addi Hulshof, Olentangy softball: Went 7 for 12 with three home runs and eight RBIs in three wins. She had two home runs in a win over Dublin Jerome and was 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs against Thomas Worthington.
Madeline Pohmer, Olentangy Liberty lacrosse: Had 10 goals and 15 draw controls in wins over Upper Arlington (16-9) and Carmel, Indiana (17-6). Pohmer had five goals against UA and five goals and 10 draw controls against Carmel.
Maddi Sines, Fairbanks softball: Had eight hits, including two doubles and two triples, and eight RBIs in four games.
Claire Whitcraft, Bloom-Carroll softball: Batted .733 in five games with four singles, five doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs. Other stats: .700 OBP, 2.167 OPA, 1.467 slugging.