By Michael Adams
madams@austinsportsjournal.com
Each week through the regular season, the Austin Sports Journal will poll readers to select the Austin Area High School Player of the Week. Voting will begin Monday morning and end Tuesday at 12 p.m. The winner will be announced on Wednesday.
Nominations will be taken from coaches submissions and box scores available on MaxPreps. Coaches are encouraged to send in nominations on Sunday mornings each week. Only nominations for coaches will be accepted.
This week’s nominees are:
- Vann Hopping, Lake Travis: The junior running back rushed for 182 yards on 13 carries and scored five touchdowns in the Cavaliers win over Arlington Martin.
- Jett Walker, Georgetown: The junior running back ran for 194 yards on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns in the Eagles’ win over Victoria West.
- Max Gerlich, Anderson: The senior quarterback tallied 446 total yards of offense and accounted for all eight of the Trojans touchdowns. He threw for 308 yards and seven touchdowns, while rushing for another 138 in Anderson’s win over McCallum.
- Jaxon Schad, Weiss: The freshman quarterback threw for 245 yards, completing 21 of 28 pass attempts for two touchdowns with one interception in his first varsity start.
- Cole Taylor, Pflugerville: The junior quarterback completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 297 yards and four touchdowns without an interception in the Panthers win over Leander.
