Who should be the Centre Daily Times Girls Athlete of the Week for May 2-7?
Editor’s note: The Centre Daily Times will publish a weekly poll on Monday mornings for readers to choose the Athlete of the Week for the previous week of competition. The poll will close at noon Friday.
Here are this week’s nominees for the Centre Daily Times girls high school athlete of the week presented in alphabetical order. They were selected by the CDT sports staff via stats compiled by the CDT or sent to cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Vote for your favorite. If you’d like to nominate a player’s performance for future weeks, or believe a deserving nominee is missing from this week’s poll, please contact us at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Alivia Bizzarri, Philipsburg-Osceola softball
Bizzarri pitched a no-hitter in P-O’s 11-0 victory over Huntingdon on May 2. She went six innings, while striking out seven and walking zero batters.
Madison Melius, Bellefonte softball
Melius went 2-for-3 from the plate in Bellefonte’s 3-1 win against Hollidaysburg on May 2. She went on to go 3-for-4 and drive in four runs in the Lady Raiders’ 10-9 win over Tyrone on May 3.
Molly McKee, Bellefonte girls lacrosse
McKee had a game-high seven goals in the Lady Raiders’ 11-7 victory over Lewisburg on May 2.
Sydney O’Donnell, State College girls lacrosse
O’Donnell racked up nine goals, four assists and three draw controls on the week. She had four goals, three assists and two draw controls in an 18-8 victory over Cedar Cliff on May 3 and followed up with five goals, one assist and one draw control in an 18-8 win against Lower Dauphin on May 5.
Taylor Bumgardner, Penns Valley softball
Bumgardner pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits and four runs while striking out four in an 8-4 win over Bald Eagle on May 2 and went 2-for-2 from the plate in the same game. She went on to pitch seven innings, allowing five hits and one run while striking out five and walking one batter in a 6-1 win over P-O on May 5. Bumgardner went 8-for-12 from the plate on the week and hit two home runs against Huntingdon on May 3, including a game-winning shot.
This story was originally published May 9, 2022 at 8:00 AM.
