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 now 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.
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High school Athlete of the Week
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.
If you can’t see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. Voters can cast one vote per hour per device. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.
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 Tuesday, sept. 3.
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:
Hyde O’Rielley, Fisher Catholic football: Returned an interception 33 yards for a touchdown, caught a 28-yard touchdown pass, returned a punt 72 yards for a score, caught a two-point conversion and had 11 tackles — four for loss — in a 49-0 win over New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Catholic.
Adella Pawlowski, Dublin Jerome golf: Shot a 5-under par 68 at Scioto Country Club in a quad match against New Albany, Olentangy Liberty and Upper Arlington, winning the event by three shots.
Drayson Peterson, Newark football: Caught nine passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-14 win over Mount Vernon.
Alexander Ritter, New Albany golf: Was medalist at Mount Vernon’s Kent Miller Invitational with a 68, finished second in the OCC shootout at EagleSticks with a 68, was medalist at Dublin Coffman’s Invitational at The Country Club of Muirfield on with a 69 and finished second at the New Albany Co-Ed Invitationa with a 70. He also led New Albany to three tournament wins and a fifth-place finish during this stretch. He was the medalist in the OCC-Capital tournament at Denison with a 39 in the nine-hole event.
Bodie Smith, Newark football: Threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-14 win over Mount Vernon.
Cole Spalding, Columbus Academy football: Ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries and threw a touchdown pass in a 27-9 win over Jonathan Alder.
Cohen Weaver, Olentangy Orange football: Rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries in a 54-41 win over Westerville North.
