2025-26 Update: Each week, The Morning Call will nominate three male and three female senior athletes from Lehigh Valley area schools. One male and one female will be eligible to be named Athlete of the Week based on a public vote.
Athlete of the Week winners will be eligible for a $500 scholarship to be awarded by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, subject to additional criteria, including academic record and nonathletic extracurricular activity.
Nominees will be from schools in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Colonial League, and schools The Morning Call covers in the Schuylkill League and Bux-Mont area.
The Morning Call will select nominees based on their performance or other outstanding achievement. An athlete’s performance could include elements such as statistical standouts, game or tournament MVPs, a record-setting showing, or a noteworthy accomplishment.
Finalists will then be put up for a public vote at mcall.com/athleteoftheweek. Voting typically runs each week from 5 p.m. ET on Mondays to 9 a.m. ET on Thursdays, with the winners announced Thursday evening. Voting times may change due to holidays or other extenuating circumstances.
To be eligible for a scholarship to be awarded by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, criteria will include: designation of the Athlete of the Week based on athletic performance, as well as a student’s academic record (e.g. Honor Roll status), leadership position(s) and nonathletic extracurricular activities. In addition, a selected athlete must use the scholarship for tuition to attend a college or vocational school after high school on a full-time basis. Scholarships will be paid directly to the educational institution. Scholarship money will be placed in escrow until the student provides written notice of the institution to be paid.
A student may win the Athlete of the Week title only once, but will be eligible to win the Athlete of the Year designated by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute will contact the Coach/Athletic Director of the selected athlete. The Coach/Athletic Director will then notify the Athlete of the Week of the scholarship award.
Children of Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute and Morning Call employees are ineligible.
