Who was the best high school athlete in Greater Columbus last week? Your votes decide

Dispatch.com readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.

Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday.

Last week's winner: Pickerington Central's Landyn Dayton named Athlete of the Week

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High school Athlete of the Week

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.

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Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.

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Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Monday, April 15.

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Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch, and nominations made over the past week.

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Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.

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The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.

Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at bwhite1@dispatch.com.

Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.

Here are this week's Athlete of the Week candidates:

Bridget Donnelly, Columbus School for Girls lacrosse: Had 14 points and 19 draw controls over three games, including nine goals in a win over Bexley.

Sam Horne, Bexley lacrosse: Had 20 stops at goalie in a 5-4 win over St. Charles.

Jack Kennedy, Jonathan Alder lacrosse: Had six goals and three assists in a 17-3 win vs. Licking Valley, five goals and two assists in a 11-10 win vs. Oakwood and 10 goals and four assists in a 22-15 win vs. John Glenn. For the season, Kennedy has 34 goals and 23 assists for 57 points with 37 ground balls.

Lauren LaRochelle, Columbus School for Girls lacrosse: Had seven assists and three goals against Bexley, three assists against Wellington and two assists and two ground balls against Mariemont.

Carson Lanfersiek, Olentangy Berlin lacrosse: Had 10 saves in a 9-6 win over Hilliard Darby, 11 saves in a 6-5 win over Dublin Coffman and 10 saves in a 7-3 win over Beavercreek.

Sophia Patena, Granville softball: In four games, batted .800 (12 for 15) with seven singles, one double, one triple, three home runs, an .812 OBP, 10 RBIs, eight runs and two stolen bases.

Natalie Vrancken, Big Walnut track and field: Is undefeated in discus this season with a best of 122' 1". In the discus, she helped her relay team win the Worthington Kilbourne Mixed Gender Relays, won the Newark Invitational, helped her relay win the Golden Eagle Relays and won the North Union Invitational. She has also placed first in the shot put in Worthington Kilbourne's Mixed Gender Relay, placed fourth in the Newark Invitational, won the Eagle Relays and placed fourth at the North Union Invitational. Her personal best is 32' 6.5" She also has high-jumped 4' 10" and placed seventh at Newark and fourth in the Golden Eagle Relays. She leads the team with 70 points.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote: Ohio State Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of Week