Vote: Who is the Florida Panhandle Baseball Player of the Week (3/4/2024)?
The Florida High School Baseball season is in full swing and we are set to honor the week's top stars with our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state.
This week we have 10 athletes nominated this week for the SBLive’s Florida Panhandle High School Baseball Player of the Week award from February 26-March 2, and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Sunday, March 10th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll.
Editor’s note: Our corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. This poll is specifically for fans to vote on the players that have been nominated and in no way discredits any other player that may not be mentioned in our poll.
Here are the nominees:
Truman Kelly, 1B, St. John Paul II: Batted 1.000 with four RBIs with two hits including a double and one run scored against Jefferson County.
Kase Armstrong, INF, Baker: Batted .667 with two hits in three at bats. The junior recorded 4 RBIs including a triple in Baker’s victory over Santa Rosa Christian.
Thaddarius Witherspoon, C/3B, Pensacola: The junior went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs including a double and a home run in Pensacola’s one run loss to Pensacola Christian Academy.
Nick Fuentes, Bay: Went 2-for-2 with 2 runs scored with one RBI in Bay’s win over Malone.
Gant Folendore, Choctawhatchee: Folendore got a staggering 4 hits on 5 at bats in their win over Gulf Breeze. He had 3 RBIs with one double while adding 3 runs.
Ryan DeLoney, P, Pensacola Christian Academy: Pitched 7 innings with 1 hit allowed and 2 walks. His 9 strikeouts helped lead his team to victory.
Jacob Thorn, Gulf Breeze: Thorn struck out 12 batters while only allowing two hits and one walk in the Dolphins win over Niceville.
Judah Morse, Baker: The senior tallied three hits including a triple, and Morse also drove in three runs in their victory over Pleasant Home (Alabama).
Gavin Schmidt, Central: The senior pitched 6.1 innings and faced 23 batters while only allowing five hits in Central’s win over Booker T. Washington (Pensacola). He also struck out eight batters in a dominant defensive performance.
Phillip Garcia, Leon: The senior went 3-4 with one home run and six RBIs in Leon’s win over FSUHS (Tallahassee).
