Graphic by Heather Belcher
Play Sheet Sports is launching a Player of the Week award!
Each week, players who are a part of winning teams have the opportunity to be nominated from schools in Nicholas, Fayette, Greenbrier, Raleigh, Monroe, Summers, Wyoming, Mercer and McDowell counties.
Each week Play Sheet publisher Tyler Jackson and a special guest picker will make their selections for the Player of the Week winner. The poll will then be used as a tiebreaker should the two disagree.
The overall poll winner will still be acknowledged each week for their community’s efforts in pushing their cause.
The nomination process can occur in two ways – coaches of teams that won a game during the week can email a nomination by 10 a.m. on Sunday morning with supporting statistics to Tylerjackson@playsheetsports.com. If a coach has not nominated a player, Play Sheet Sports will select one from each team that submitted a box score or was covered in some capacity during the week.
This week’s poll will close Friday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m.
- Drew Fitzwater, Greater Beckley – Fitzwater averaged 16 ppg for the Crusaders this past week across two games.
- Bryce Gardinier, James Monroe – Gardinier averaged 16.5 ppg for the Mavericks this past week in two games.
- Jaylon Walton, Beckley – Walton averaged 23 ppg for the Flying Eagles who picked up a pair of wins.
- Jase Smith, Bluefield – Smith scored 31 in both of Bluefield’s games including a regional upset of James Monroe.
- Ashton Arthur, Independence – Arthur netted 21 points in a win over Liberty.
- Zymir Martin, Mount View – Martin scored 21 points as the Golden Knights toppled Greenbrier West in a regional game.
- Austin Bishop, Westside – Bishop led the Renegades with 18 points in a regional win over Mingo Central.
- Khi Olson, Shady Spring – Olson scored 20 points in Shady’s regional win over Sissonville.
- Thad Brown, Midland Trail – Brown scored 19 points as the Patriots survived an OT bout with Liberty in a regional game.
- Nathan Dixon, Greenbrier East – Dixon led East with 17 points as the Spartans survived a thriller against Independence.
- Talan Muscari, Wyoming East – Muscari scored 23 points as the Warriors advanced with a win over Summers County.
Previous Winners
Jalon Bailey, Shady Spring (won the tiebreaker over Kadien Vance)
Kadien Vance, Westside
Community Choice
Britt Beasley, Princeton
Britt Beasley, Princeton
Jaylon Walton is a hustler and deserves this honor.