The 2025 spring sports season is headed toward postseason play in many sports and the big-game pressure has helped create some memorable individual performances in marquee matchups lately. Each week this spring, we’ve placed a spotlight on Muskegon-area athletes ranging from baseball, softball, soccer, track, golf, lacrosse, tennis, and boys volleyball with our MLive High School Sports Athlete of the Week project. The goal of this project is to reward the achievements of outstanding student-athletes in the area who deserve special recognition for their hard work, determination and skill. We then put together a poll of all the nominated athletes and allow the readers to cast their vote on who had the most impressive performance. You can vote as often as you’d like from now until 10 a.m. Friday when the winner is announced in their own article highlighting their achievements. Coaches and athletic directors are asked to nominate candidates by emailing Josh VanDyke at jvandyke@mlive.com. Below is a look at nearly 50 Muskegon-area spring sports athletes who have put together impressive performances in the past week of action. Nominees are presented in alphabetical order by last name. Ryan Bosch, Fruitport The baseball standout for the Trojans surpassed 300 career strikeouts in his varsity career after compiling seven strikeouts in three innings during a 15-0 win over Comstock Park. He also added six hits and three RBI from the plate during a three-game sweep of Comstock Park and capped off the week with a 2-run home run during a 15-3 win over Fremont. Kristian Brown, Reeths-Puffer The boys golf standout for the Rockets carded a 75 to finish runner-up at the Rocket Invitational at the Lincoln Golf Club last week. Brenna Cabrera, Oakridge The softball standout for the Eagles registered four hits, including a home run, and seven RBI during her team’s 28-0 win over Orchard View. Ezra Carafelle, Mona Shores The boys lacrosse standout for the Sailors recorded four goals and dished out one assist during his team’s 15-7 win over Byron Center. Lainee Carmean, Mona Shores The girls lacrosse standout for the Sailors scored eight goals to power her team to a 14-12 win over Byron Center and added five goals, four draw controls and three ground balls in her team’s 15-0 win over Holland West Ottawa. De’Ontae Chambers, Muskegon The boys track standout for the Big Reds took top honors in the 100 dash (11.06) and was also a member of the 400 relay team (42.92) that won its event at the O-K Green Conference championship meet. Lorelei Chciuk, Grand Haven The softball standout for the Buccaneers struck out 13 batters from the mound and added one RBI from the plate during her team’s narrow 2-1 loss to top-ranked Hudsonville. Owen Chesebro, Grant The baseball standout for the Tigers registered three hits, including a double, six RBI and three runs scored during his team’s three-game sweep of Reed City in CSAA Red action. Kylie Corrigan, Newaygo The girls track standout for the Lions took top honors in the 100 dash (13.31), was runner-up in the 100 hurdles (16.65) and was a member of the 400 relay team (51.49) that also won its event at the CSAA Red championship meet. Emmy Creed, North Muskegon The girls soccer standout for the Norse celebrated her birthday last Wednesday by scoring two goals and dishing out an assist during her team’s 6-1 win over Manistee. Mason Darke, Reeths-Puffer The boys track standout for the Rockets took top honors in the 110 hurdles (14.61) and 300 hurdles (39.07) at the O-K Green Conference championship meet. Justice Dixon, White Cloud The girls track standout for the Indians took top honors in the 200 dash (27.96), was runner-up in the 100 dash (13.57) and was a member of the 400 relay team (53.37) that also won its event at the CSAA White championship meet. Zeker Erler, Ravenna The baseball standout for the Bulldogs struck out nine batters and allowed just one run from the mound and also added three hits, including two doubles, from the plate during his team’s 2-1 upset win over North Muskegon in Game 1 of a WMC doubleheader. Addison Gillard, Ravenna The softball standout for the Bulldogs struck out 12 batters from the circle and added a home run from the plate to power her team to a 8-0 win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart. Kenzie Greene, Holton The softball standout for the Red Devils struck out 12 batters and allowed just two hits in her team’s 11-0 win over Belding. Luka Hammond, Grand Haven The boys track standout for the Buccaneers took top honors in the 1,600 run with a time of 4:20.48 and was also a member of the 3,200 relay team that won its event with a time of 7:50.35 at the O-K Red Conference championship meet. Lilly Hopkins, Hart The girls track standout for the Pirates took top honors in the 200 dash (27.32) and 400 run (1:01.12), was runner-up in the 100 dash (13.11) and was a member of the 800 relay team (1:52.02) that also won its event at the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championship meet. Audrey Huizinga, Manistee The girls track standout for the Mariners took top honors in the 100 dash (12.54), 200 dash (25.92), and the 400 run (59.59) at the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division championship meet. Logen Huston, Oakridge The baseball standout for the Eagles registered two hits, five RBI and two runs scored during his team’s 21-1 win over Orchard View. Ella Kinney, Mona Shores The girls soccer standout for the Sailors recorded a hat trick and one assist in her team’s 5-0 win over Jenison last week. She also added one goal in her team’s 2-0 win over rival Reeths-Puffer. Deagan Klimek, Fremont The baseball standout for the Packers registered seven hits, four RBI and four stolen bases in a doubleheader sweep of Holland Christian on Saturday. Eddie Kuznar, Mona Shores The boys golf standout for the Sailors carded a 72 at the Oakland Hills Country Club last week to help power his team to a 10th-place team finish at the Oakland Hills Invitational. Lylah Larson, Kent City The softball standout for the Eagles struck out 11 batters from the circle during her team’s 7-4 win over Chippewa Hills. Chase Lorenz, Hart The boys track standout for the Pirates took top honors in the 200 dash (22.80) and 400 run (51.40), finished runner-up in 100 dash (11.31), and was a member of the 800 relay team (1:32.84) that also won its event at the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championship meet. Annabelle Lowman, Ludington The girls track standout for the Orioles took top honors in the 1,600 run (5:34.56) and 3,200 (12:10.78) and was also a member of the 1,600 relay team (4:28.08) and the 3,200 relay team (10:54.07) that won their respective events at the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division championship meet. Andre Meade, Kent City The boys track standout for the Eagles took top honors in the 100 dash (11.99), was runner-up in the 200 dash (23.74) and was a member of the 400 relay team (45.70) that also won its event at the CSAA White championship meet. Max Miller, Western Michigan Christian The baseball standout for the Warriors registered three hits and four RBI from the plate and added four strikeouts from the mound during 3.1 innings of no-hit action in a 14-1 win over West Michigan Aviation Academy. Mason Mulnix, Whitehall The boys track standout for the Vikings took top honors in the 100 dash (10.99), 200 dash (22.44) and 400 run (50.97) at the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division championship meet. Barrett Nance, North Muskegon The girls track standout for the Norsemen took top honors in the 800 run (2:04.56) and the 1,600 run (4:49.54) and was also a member of the 1,600 relay team (3:32.64) that also won its event at the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championship meet. Nora Pollock, Western Michigan Christian The girls soccer standout for the Warriors scored two goals in the first three minutes of her team’s 7-1 win over Grandville Calvin Christian last week. The contest was the WMC program’s annual Alia Zuidema Memorial Game, honoring the memory of a former freshman standout for the Warriors who passed away unexpectedly on April 23, 2023. Vincent Pollock, Fruitport The boys track standout for the Trojans took top honors in the 800 run (2:03.01) and was a member of the 3,200 relay team (8:41.90) that also won its event at the O-K Silver Conference championship meet. Pollock also added a third-place finish in the 1,600 (4:45.76) and a runner-up finish in the 1,600 relay (3:39.76). Kendra Price, Grand Haven The girls tennis standout for the Buccaneers scored a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles to power her team to a 6-2 win over Mona Shores in non-conference action. Hayden Roll, Spring Lake The boys track standout for the Lakers took top honors in the 100 dash (11.10) at the O-K Black Conference championship meet. Maylan Sanders, Mason County Central The girls track standout for the Spartans took top honors in the 100 hurdles (16.32) and the 300 hurdles (48.54) at the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division championship meet. Payton Shoemaker, Grant The softball standout for the Tigers registered 11 strikeouts and allowed just three hits from the circle in her team’s 10-7 win over Reed City in Game 1 of a doubleheader and added three hits, including two home runs, five RBI and four runs scored in a 19-8 win over the Coyotes in the nightcap. Jennah Skiba, Ludington The girls tennis standout for the Orioles took top honors in the No. 1 singles bracket of the West Michigan Conference tournament with wins over Fremont (6-0, 6-0) and Manistee (4-6, 6-1, 10-8). She also added a 6-1, 6-1 win over Western Michigan Christian in non-conference action. Oliver Smies, Spring Lake The baseball standout for the Lakers registered nine strikeouts and only allowed three hits in five shutout innings from the mound and added two hits from the plate in a 3-0 win over Grant. He also added a triple and an RBI in a 16-1 win over Orchard View. Addy Smith, Grand Haven The girls track standout for the Buccaneers took top honors in the 800 run with a time of 2:14.16 at the O-K Red Conference championship meet. Cam Smith, Shelby The baseball standout for the Tigers struck out 17 batters and allowed just one hit and one walk from the mound and added two hits and four RBI from the plate during an 8-0 win over Bear Lake. Reese Smith, Hart The softball standout for the Pirates threw a perfect game from the circle and smashed two home runs and had six RBI from the plate during her team’s doubleheader sweep of Orchard View. Hallie Snyder, Fremont The starting goalkeeper for Fremont girls soccer team stopped all 15 shots she faced to help her team secure a hard-fought 1-0 win over Fruitport last week. Hestyn Stowe, Ludington The girls soccer standout for the Orioles recorded a hat trick to power her team to a 4-1 win over Shelby in West Michigan Conference action. Ja’Mari Taylor, Mona Shores The boys track and field standout for the Sailors set a new school record in the discus with a throw of 176 feet, 11 inches at the Punch a Hole in the Sky meet in Midland this past weekend. Cam Thompson, Whitehall The boys track and field athlete of the Vikings took top honors in the discus (142-11), 110 hurdles (14.83), and 300 hurdles (40.99) and finished runner-up in the high jump (5-10) at the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division championship meet. Grace VanderKooi, Western Michigan Christian The girls track standout for the Warriors set a new school record in the 400-meter run with a time of 59.75 seconds at a home invitational meet last week. She also added a new personal-best time in the 200 dash with a time of 27.46 seconds, which ranks second all-time in school history. Raquel Walker, Reeths-Puffer The girls track standout for the Rockets took top honors in the long jump with a person-best mark of 18 feet, 2 inches at the O-K Green Conference championship meet. Jordan Wolting, Shelby The softball standout for the Tigers struck out nine batters and allowed just two hits, two runs and two walks from the mound and added four hits, three RBI, including a double and a home run from the plate in a 21-2 win over Bear Lake. 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