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Who was the best high school athlete in Greater Columbus last week? Your votes decide

Dispatch.com readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.

Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday.

Last week's winner: Jonathan Alder's Jack Kennedy named Athlete of the Week

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Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Wexner Medical Center
Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Wexner Medical Center

High school Athlete of the Week

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.

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If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. Voters can cast one vote per hour per device. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.

Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.

Please be aware: The Dispatch's voting system recognizes only one vote per WiFi IP address, so consider taking your phone off WiFi to vote each hour if you're sharing it with multiple people.

Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Monday, April 22.

Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.

Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch, and nominations made over the past week.

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Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.

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The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.

Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at bwhite1@dispatch.com.

Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.

Here are this week's Athlete of the Week candidates:

Sophia Kounouzvelis, Pickerington Central softball: Even though she hadn’t played catcher in 10 years, moved to the position April 19 because of injury and caught five innings with one caught stealing in two attempts against Newark and caught seven innings with one caught stealing in two attempts against Licking Valley. She went 1 for 2 against Lancaster and 3 for 3 against Newark and is hitting .300.

Ady Luke Bloom-Carroll softball: In six games with 24 plate appearances, hit .565 with an on-base percentage of .583, 13 hits 11 runs and one strikeout.

McKenna Nixt, Pickerington Central softball:  Hit two home runs in games against Granville, Groveport and Central Crossing and one against Licking Valley. She has seven home runs this season, 12th most in the state. She is hitting .368 with a 1.000 slugging percentage, 17 RBIs and 12 runs.

Ava Westmeyer, Dublin Coffman lacrosse: Had four goals, one assist and two ground balls against Olentangy Orange and six goals against Columbus Academy. She hit a milestone of 100 career points.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote: Ohio State Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of Week