Athlete of the Week Voting: April 7 – 13

Presented in coordination with Froggy Valley 100.1/WiLBuR 99.7 & Lebanon Federal Credit Union.

Help us decide which male and female athlete should be honored for their outstanding efforts during last week’s local high school sports action.  While you may have a favorite school or athlete already, we still encourage you to read through the lists below and then click on the link to vote.

The winners will be announced at the end of the week. Linked below are the articles about our most recent winners of the award.

Voting will remain open until Thursday at 10 pm.

One vote per email address, per day will be allowed.

While athletes can be nominated multiple weeks, the winners will be removed and updates will be provided as the season progresses.

While this may be a vote and emotions can run high, this is intended to bring attention to some of the best performances from our local student-athletes.

Nominations, which are made working with the schools, are listed below in alphabetical order.

Please read about each nominee, celebrate their accomplishment, and then go vote who you feel is most deserving of this week’s honor. 

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Female Nominees

Male Nominees

Cornelius Cummings (Palmyra / Jr.) – Track & Field: At Saturday’s Pan-Ram Invitational, the junior won the 1600m with a time of 4:32.52. Cummings was also a member of the winning 4x800m (8:35.17). These two victories helped the Cougars as they dominated the team competition, amassing 100 points.

Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest / Jr.) – Track & Field: At Saturday’s Jeff Bradley Invitational, the junior won the 3200m with a time of 9:18. This time placed Furmanski as #2 All-Time in Cedar Crest program history only behind Pat Clark’s 9:15 (’02). The gold medal-winning performance by Furmanski helped the Falcons tie for the team championship.

Adrian Gonzalez (Northern Lebanon / Jr.) – Baseball: Against Columbia, the junior pitched a no-hitter over 4 innings of the 15-0 shutout. Gonzalez had 10 strikeouts and issued 2 walks. Following the victory, he ran his season record to 4-0 with a 1.26 ERA.

Josuel Mercado (Lebanon / So.) – E-Sports: This past weekend, Mercado competed in the Esports PIEA State Championship. With his main event being Super Smash Bros, the junior pulled three upsets on his way to the Grand Finals. In the final match, Mercado suffered a narrow defeat to the defending state champion. Prior to States, Mercado had only two losses in the regular season but avenged both of those on his way to his State Silver.

Colten Shaffer (Annville-Cleona / Sr.) – Baseball: The senior pitcher threw 6.2 shutout innings as the Dutchmen earned the extra inning 1-0 victory over Pequea Valley. Shaffer’s performance included 10 strikeouts. The game nine innings before Noah Morcom drove in Brayden Lodish for the winning run. In four starts this season, Shaffer has tallied a 2.41 ERA.

Austin Smith (ELCO / Jr.) – Baseball: The junior was on the mound for 5 innings in ELCO’s 9-1 victory over Garden Spot. In the victory, Smith had 10 strikeouts & gave up just one run while scattering six hits. In three games this season, Smith has logged a 2.74 ERA.