LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trinity Prep’s (Fla.) Mckenna Hawley, Taft’s (Texas) Hannah Flores and Pahrump Valley's (Nev.) Evalenne Armendariz captured 2025 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Spring Player of the Week honors on Monday afternoon. They are being recognized for their outstanding play during the week of March 3-9.
Hawley fanned 35 batters over two starts to claim top honors in the South Region. The junior struck out 18 in a 2-0 one-hitter Tuesday versus Lyman and 17 more in an 8-1 three-hitter Thursday against The First Academy. For the two contests, Hawley did not allow in extra-base hit in the circle for the (5-1) Saints.
Meanwhile in the South Central, Flores was 6-for-6 with two runs, three doubles, a homer and two walks for the (11-2) Raiders. The senior doubled, homered and collected three RBI in a 6-1 win over Warren on Tuesday, and went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three more RBI in a 22-5 triumph over Sotomayor on Friday.
Armendariz was the choice in the West Region following a week in which she was a perfect 6-for-6 in two victories for the (4-3) Trojans. The sophomore went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, two doubles, a homer and five RBI in a 15-0 rout of Democracy Prep Agassi Campus on Monday, then had two more doubles and two more RBI on Wednesday in a 14-1 victory over Mater Academy East Las Vegas.
MaxPreps.com
, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To nominate a player a coach must enter the athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week’s award.
The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week is announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the spring season.
MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team’s stats on MaxPreps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team’s information out to thousands of high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country.
To obtain a coach’s login, please contact: coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call (800) 329-7324 x1. To enter a team’s stats on the MaxPreps website, please click here.
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