Amanda Licht of Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.) captured the first MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week for the 2021 fall season.
Licht is being recognized for her outstanding performance during the week of Aug. 16-22.
The Colorado standout got off to a blistering start at the plate, going 13-for-15 (.867) with five home runs and 17 RBI over the first five games of the season. The senior added two doubles and 11 runs scored, to go along with her 2.000 slugging percentage.
In consecutive games, Licht homered twice and recorded four hits in wins over Fort Collins (4 RBI) and Mountain View (6 RBI). She also left the yard in the season opener versus Castle View (2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R). She capped off the week with a pair doubles, five RBI and two runs scored against Northridge.
2021 Max Preps/NFCA Players of the Week (Fall)
- 8/23/20 – Amanda Licht – Senior – Cherry Creek HS (Colo.)
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 his or her 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 fall season. During the spring campaign, a player from each of five separate high school regions is selected.
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.
