Summit County Athletes of the Week April 29-May 5 | Kaplack, Chmielewski win vote
Two athletes from Copley High School won the voting for the Summit County High School Athlete of the Week for April 29-May 5.
Stella Kaplack is the girls winner and Evan Chmielewski wins for the boys. Kaplack is a softball player and Chmielewski is a baseball player. Kaplack received 62.50% of the votes cast. Chmielewski received 43.51% of the votes cast.
A total of 1,114 votes were cast overall.
Look for more on each athlete below. And return to BeaconJournal.com next Tuesday morning for the next Summit County High School Athlete of the Week ballot highlighting top high school performers in the county.
Stella Kaplack, Copley softball
Won twice to improve to 9-3 in the circle, beating Ellet 13-2 on Thursday and Revere 12-9 on Monday. Also had two hits against the Minutemen.
Evan Chmielewski, Copley baseball
Capped a big week with two doubles Saturday in a 6-2 loss to Green. Also had two hits, three runs and an RBI Wednesday in a 9-7 win over Cuyahoga Falls and improved to 4-1 on the mound Tuesday in a 17-4 win over Falls.
A look at the previous 2023-24 Summit County High School Athlete of the Week winners
Date - girls winner | boys winner
Jan. 22 - Andie Osolin, Norton basketball | De'Arion Holley, Barberton basketball
Jan. 29 - Cam Hoover, Woodridge basketball | Jonas Nichols, Hoban basketball
Feb. 5 - Hailey Janke, Revere basketball | Trent Wininger, Copley basketball
Feb. 12 - Taylor Angielski, Walsh Jesuit basketball | Brady Rollyson, Green basketball
Feb. 19 - Rylee Jackson, Hoban swimming | Brock Sherman, Walsh Jesuit wrestling
Feb. 26 - Reese Genet, Green gymnastics | Conner Groce, Revere basketball
March 4 - Jaydyn McKinney, Manchester wrestling | James McCarthy, Hoban basketball
April 1 - McKayla McGee, Walsh Jesuit softball | Devon Lehman, STVM baseball
April 8 - Jayce Collins, Copley softball | Carter Oschman, Copley lacrosse
April 15 - Adeline Herstich, Hoban softball | Liam O'Farrell, Green tennis
April 22 - Alexis Walker, Copley softball | Connor Christie, STVM baseball
Editor's note: Winners of the Summit County Athlete of the Week in the winter are not eligible to win it again until the spring sports season begins.
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Kaplack, Chmielewski win Summit County Athletes of Week April 29-May 5