Who should be the Centre Daily Times Girls Athlete of the Week for Sept. 12-19? Vote here
Editor’s note: The Centre Daily Times will publish a weekly poll on Tuesday for readers to choose the Athlete of the Week for the previous week of competition. The poll will close at noon Saturday.
Here are this week’s nominees for the Centre Daily Times 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 in this just-for-fun, unscientific poll as many times as you’d like. 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.
Here are your nominees for the week of Sept. 12-19.
Alexis Durn, Penns Valley cross country
Durn finished first among all Lady Rams runners with a time of 22:40 in the team’s dual meet against Philipsburg-Osceola on Sept. 13. The Lady Rams defeated the Lady Mounties 22-33.
Ashleigh Aukerman, Bellefonte cross country
Aukerman had a time of 24:29 to win Bellefonte’s tri-meet with Tyrone and Bald Eagle on Sept. 13. The Lady Raiders won against both teams 15-50.
Ellie Coursen, Penns Valley volleyball
Coursen had five kills, four aces and three blocks in Penns Valley’s 3-0 victory over Bellefonte on Sept. 13. She went on to have nine kills in the Lady Rams’ 3-0 loss to Philipsburg-Osceola on Sept. 15. Coursen added five additional kills in Penns Valley’s 3-0 win against Juniata on Sept. 19.
Keira Whitman, Bellefonte girls soccer
The junior goalkeeper has continued to keep her team within reach of winning matches. Whitman made 61 saves over the course of four games from Sept. 13-19 for Bellefonte and has allowed 2.353 goals per game. She ranks four in Pennsylvania in saves with 101.
Reese Hazelton, Philipsburg-Osceola volleyball
Hazelton had 13 kills and three aces in Philipsburg-Osceola’s 3-0 win over Clearfield on Sept. 13. She followed up with 24 kills, three blocks and 16 digs in the Lady Mounties’ 3-0 victory over Penns Valley on Sept. 15.
This story was originally published September 20, 2022 at 1:52 PM.
