Vote here for The State’s Midlands high school boys, girls athletes of the week
It’s time to vote for The State’s high school spring sports Players of the Week from Midlands-area schools and games played from April 20-25.
Voting ends at noon Friday. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter page.
The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.
Congrats to all the nominees. Cast your vote below the bios:
Girls Player of Week Nominees
Caroline Abramson, Irmo soccer: Freshman scored the game-winning penalty kick in the 1-0 win over Dutch Fork.
Jaida Gay, White Knoll softball: Junior third baseman hit .429 with a home run and 5 RBIs in wins over Lexington and Chapin.
Peyton Hendrix, Gray Collegiate softball: Junior pitched a 5-inning perfect game with 11 strikeouts in a win over South Aiken.
Miller Martin, Saluda softball: Freshman went 2-0 as a pitcher with a six-inning no-hitter against Strom Thurmond. Against Batesburg-Leesville, Martin struck out 19 in the 3-2 (9 innings) extra-inning victory that gave the Tigers the region title. She also homered and drove in 3 RBIs during the week.
Everette Pope, Heathwood Hall lacrosse: Sophomore scored a school-record 9 goals against Clover and finished the week with 12 goals, 4 assists and 5 groundballs in two games last week.
Haylee Ann Prevatt, Richard Winn softball: Freshman went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs, a triple and 9 RBIs in two games last week. She also struck out seven and picked up the win against Jefferson Davis.
Mazaria Shaw, Columbia soccer: Junior goalkeeper had 37 saves in two matches, including 23 in an upset win over Chester.
Mary Stone, River Bluff lacrosse: Sophomore goalie combined for 23 saves with a save percentage of .575 in two games last week.
Livi Warren, Lexington softball: Senior went 8-for-8 with a double, 2 home runs and 6 RBIs as the Wildcats clinched the region championship last week.
Rhames Weisinger, Blythewood softball: Catcher went 7-for-8 with 2 doubles, a home run and 3 RBIs in two games last week.
Boys Player of Week Nominees
Jones Bell, Lexington baseball: Junior went 5-for-10 with a double, triple, home run and 7 RBIs last week as Wildcats clinched the No. 1 seed in the region.
Garrett Blankenship, Gray Collegiate baseball: Senior went 4-for-10 with 6 RBIs, including game-winning RBI in the region title-clinching win over Gilbert.
Johnathan Bonds, Richard Winn baseball: Bonds pitched a complete-game, two-hitter with 11 strikeouts in win over Wardlaw. At the plate, he was 2-for-4 with double, triple and 5 RBIs.
Dylan Hernandez, AC Flora baseball: Junior catcher hit .556 with two doubles, home run, 7 RBIs and threw out 2 of 4 runners last week for the Falcons.
Colby Livingston, Mid-Carolina baseball: The senior was 4-for-8 with 3 doubles, 4 RBIs and 4 runs last week.
Ashton McCary, Irmo soccer: Senior had 34 saves in two matches, including 22 against Dutch Fork.
Matthew Pinasco, Hammond soccer: Senior had 7 goals and 6 assists in the Skyhawks’ three matches last week.
Clay Ridgeway, Camden baseball: Junior was 5-for-10 with a triple, double, stolen base and 3 runs scored. Ridgeway also pitched 3.2 shutout innings with 6 strikeouts in win over York.
Kolton Rogers, Pelion baseball: Rogers hit .429 and pitched a complete-game shutout against ALA, striking out 10 and walking none.
Howie Vroon, River Bluff golf: Set two school records in helping River Bluff rally to win the Anderson Brothers Bank Invitational. Vroon shot an 18-hole record of 65 in the final round to finish with a 36-hole total of 8-under (136) as the Gators came back from an 11-shot deficit to win the tournament.
Davis Whitaker, Ben Lippen soccer: The junior scored 6 goals in the Falcons’ three matches last week.
This story was originally published April 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM.
