In a vote that ended May 28, Cincinnati.com readers selected winners for the Cincinnati Enquirer Athlete of the Week, presented by Mercy Health, for the May 17-23 voting period.
Winners will receive a certificate sent through the school's athletic department. The certificates through May 21 have been mailed. We will send the others at the end of the spring season for Greater Cincinnati.
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This week's winners are:
Ohio boys team: Little Miami baseball – No. 20-seeded Little Miami upset No. 4 Lakota East 9-0 in the sectional tournament on May 20.
Ohio girls team: New Richmond softball – The girls won the first district championship in the program's history with a two-out seventh-inning rally to defeat Benjamin Logan behind Joli Boggs’ third-straight complete game postseason victory. The win also tied the school record of 18 in a season
Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys team: Boone County baseball – The Rebels won their last three games of the week, including 6-5 over state power Lexington Catholic.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls team: Ryle track and field – The Raiders defeated 12 teams to win a meet at Scott.
Ohio baseball, big school: Max Johnson, Mason – The senior went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in the 10-0 win over Greater Miami Conference rival Princeton May 20.
Ohio baseball, small school: Jeremy Krantz, New Richmond – The senior went 2-for-2 with 2 RBI, a double, a triple and 3 runs scored in the 22-2 win over Shroder May 20.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana baseball: Justin Huff, Boone County – The junior hit a grand slam and pitched five shutout innings in a win May 22 over Louisville Holy Cross.
Boys lacrosse: Nick Wilkowski, CHCA – The sophomore had five goals, two assists and four ground balls in CHCA’s 19-4 playoff win over Turpin.
Girls lacrosse: Kalina Zazycki, Ursuline – The freshman led the Lions to a win over Belbrook last Tuesday. The goalie didn’t let in a single goal while playing. With 5 saves and a shutout second half, Kalina’s hard work was a strong point for the Lions’ season.
Ohio softball, big school: Maggie Hojnacki, Mason – The senior went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three RBI in Mason 12-2 win over Lebanon for a district title.
Ohio softball, small school: Joli Boggs, New Richmond – The sophomore struck out eight and gave up just four hits over seven shutout innings to lead New Richmond past Badin in the district semifinals, 2-0.
Northern Kentucky softball: Camdyn Meier, Villa Madonna - In Villa’s extra inning 19-15 win over Dayton for the NKAC DIII conference title, Camdyn went 4-for-6 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored. In Villa’s district seeding win over St. Henry, she went 3-for-4 with a triple and 3 RBI.
Ohio tennis, singles: Will Stephens, Mariemont – The sophomore finished fourth in the Division II district final four and will advance to state.
Ohio tennis, doubles: Nicholas Choo and Kevin Dong, Sycamore – The duo took third place in the district final four after beating their Beavercreek opponent, advancing to state.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana tennis, singles: Brady Hussey, Covington Catholic – The freshman completed a dominant run through the Ninth Region Tournament competition, winning four matches without dropping a set, culminating in the Ninth Region singles championship Wednesday. In the process, he led Covington Catholic to the team title as well.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana tennis, doubles: Lauren Janzaruk and Taylor Meenach, Notre Dame – The Panda teammates won the Ninth Region doubles championship and led the Pandas to the team title.
Northern Kentucky boys track: Jake Davidson, Lloyd – The reigning 1A pole vault champion cleared 15-feet to win a meet at Scott.
Northern Kentucky girls track: Maddie Neary, Lloyd – The junior cleared 5-4 to win the high jump at the Scott Classic.
Ohio boys track: Dylan Lanham, Taylor – Lanham helped Taylor to a team championship with his wins in the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles.
Ohio girls track: Elizabeth Whaley, Indian Hill – In the DII district meet, Whaley won the 800-meter in 2:19.63 and the 1600-meter in 5:03.42.
Boys volleyball: Owen Vogelpohl, Walnut Hills – The senior libero finished the season with wins over Fairfield where he set (normally a libero) for an all-senior squad, recording 43 assists, six aces, five digs, two blocks, and a kills. He followed that up with 50 digs in a win over La Salle. He also recorded an assist and a serve receive rating of 2.26 (out of three) on 27 attempts against the Lancers.
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