It’s time to vote for The State’s spring sports boys Athlete of the Week from Midlands-area high schools and games played April 7-12 .

Voting ends Friday at noon. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter/X page.

There will be a weekly poll throughout the rest of the spring sports regular season. Coaches can nominate their athlete by emailing Lou Bezjak

at lbezjak@thestate.com by 1 p.m. on Mondays .

Boys Player of Week Nominees

Michael Butler

, Lugoff-Elgin baseball: Butler was 5-for-7 with a home run and 2 RBIs and earned a win in relief against Westwood with two shutout innings.

Hunter Epps

, Airport baseball: Senior went 5-for-7 with two RBIs and also pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out six in a 4-0 win over Gray Collegiate.

Ty Harper

, Chapin baseball: Senior went 5-for-8 with a homer and 8 RBIs. On the mound, he pitched six shutout innings with six strikeouts in a 10-0 win over Irmo.

Tyler Jenkins

, River Bluff lacrosse: Jenkins had three goals, including the game-winner, and added three assists in the 11-10 overtime win over Lexington.

Sean Lee

, Ben Lippen

baseball: Senior struck out 12 and allowed two runs on four hits in six innings in the 4-2 win over Wilson Hall

. At the plate, he was 3-for-6 with two homers and 3 RBIs in a pair of wins.

Stew Lincoln

, AC Flora lacrosse: Senior had eight goals and an assist in wins over Hilton Head Island and Bishop England

last week.

Cullen Maas

, AC Flora soccer: Junior had four goals and an assist in wins over Lancaster and Dreher last week.

Noah Mitchell

, Gray Collegiate soccer: Senior had a goal and eight assists in two wins over Airport.

Ethan Moody

, Richland Northeast track & field: Moody finished first, breaking his own school record (52.46) in winning the 400 hurdles at the All-American Classic.

Dalton Taylor

, Gilbert baseball: Taylor pitched a complete-game, struck out eight and allowed five hits in 5-0 win over Brookland-Cayce. He also had two hits and two RBIs in the Indians’ three wins last week.

Kendall Wright

, Swansea baseball: Wright pitched a complete game, struck out 10 and allowed an earned run in an 8-3 win over Newberry. He also was 3-for-4 at the plate with a homer and 3 RBIs.

Isaac Yarnall

, Cardinal Newman

baseball: Senior pitched a complete-game, allowed four hits, struck out six and didn’t walk a batter in 4-0 win over Hammond.

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April 14, 2025 | State, The: Web Edition Articles (Columbia, SC)
Author/Byline: Lou Bezjak, The State | Section: high_school