Athletes from Stow and Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy high schools won the voting for the Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week for Oct. 5-11.
Maddie O'Brien is the girls winner and Nathan Miller wins for the boys. O'Brien, who competes in cross country for Stow, received 56.4% of the votes cast. Miller, who plays soccer for CVCA, received 45.7% of the votes cast.
A total 31,644 votes were cast overall. Look for more on each athlete below.
The athlete of the week returns to beaconjournal.com next Tuesday.
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Maddie O'Brien, Stow cross country
Won the Stow Bulldog Invitational in a time of 18:16.1.
Nathan Miller, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy soccer
Scored two goals in CVCA's 8-0 win over Cleveland Benedictine.
A look at the 2026-27 Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week winners
- Date - girls winner | boys winner
- Aug. 14 - Preseason Football Game of the Year: Dalton at Mogadore (Week 3)
- Aug. 21 - Amrita Deo, Revere golf | Braden Gunter, Norton golf
- Aug. 28 - Ava Brooks, Norton tennis | Braden Holdford, Twinsburg soccer
- Sept. 4 - Ava Bethel, Norton volleyball | Blake Pumper, Woodridge football
- Sept. 11 - Addi Kapp, Revere soccer | Jason Beverly, Norton football
- Sept. 18 - Abigail Alden, Hoban soccer | Maddox Smith, Mogadore football
- Sept. 25 - Isla Sullivan, Cuyahoga Falls soccer | Remington Griffiths, Woodridge cross country
- Oct. 2 - Ashtyn Kurz, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy soccer | Nick Linaburg, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy soccer
- Oct. 9 - Greta Klingensmith, Woodridge soccer | Phil Partin, Manchester football
- Oct. 16 - Maddie O'Brien, Stow cross country | Nathan Miller, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy soccer
Editor's note: Winners of the Akron-Area Athlete of the Week in the fall are not eligible to win it again until the winter sports season begins. Coaches and athletic directors: Submit nominees for Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Maddie O'Brien, Nathan Miller are Oct. 5-11 Akron-Area Athletes of Week
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