Voting is now open and will run through midnight Thursday for this week’s Orthopaedic Center of Southern Illinois Player of the Week. The poll is on the upper right-hand side of the page.
Here are your nominees:
Malorie Gill, Murphysboro: The senior was 5-10 with 2 RBIs, a stolen base and 5 runs scored as well as 5 putouts and 5 assists in 3 games.
Andrew Gillihan, Mt. Carmel: The sophomore was 12-15 with 7 RBIs, 4 stolen bases, and 4 runs scored in 4 games for the Aces.
Nate Kaufman, Agape Christian: The junior was 1-0 on the mound, allowing 1 hit and striking out 12 in 5 shutout innings against Elverado. At the plate, Kaufman was 8-11 with 3 doubles, a triple, a home run, and 11 RBIs in 3 games.
Megan Morgan, Gallatin Co.: The senior was 11-14 with 4 doubles, 4 RBIs, 7 stolen bases, and 9 runs in 4 games for the Lady Hawks.
Hayley Pasquino, ZRC: The sophomore went 3-0 with 3 no-hitters, striking out 37 in 13 innings of work.
Olivia Phillips, Du Quoin: The senior won the 800 (2:27.53) and the 3200 (11:33.87) at the Du Quoin Lady Indian Invite. Phillips broke her own school record in the 3200 by 8 seconds set the previous week.
Kamaree Pollard, Mt. Vernon: The freshman won the 100 (12.76), the 200 (26.82), anchored the winning 4×100 relay, and finished 2nd in the triple jump (10.42M) at the Herrin Girls Invitational. Pollard then won the 100 (12.83) and the 200 (26.46) at the Nashville Girls Invite.
Audri Strothmann, Carterville/Herrin: The senior scored 8 goals in 3 games, including 5 in a win over Pinckneyville.
McGwire Taylor, Fairfield: The senior threw a no-hitter against Hamilton County, striking out 18 in 7 innings of work. At the plate, Taylor was also 4-6 with a double, a home run, 2 RBI, and 3 runs scored in 2 games.
Karris Rhine, Marion: The senior was 13-19 with 5 home runs and 16 runs batted in 6 games last week. Rhine was 8-11 with 3 homers to lead the Wildcats to the Mt. Zion Tournament championship.