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ESPN RISE Athletes of the Week

October 17, 2008 8:00 AM

 By Mark Tennis
ESPN RISE
National and Regional
High School Athletes of the Week

Ryan Finley, a boys soccer player from Rancocas Valley High of Lumberton, N.J., and Ashley Brasovan, a girls cross country runner from Wellington High of Wellington, Fla., have been selected as the fifth ESPN RISE National Boys and Girls Athletes of the Week for the 2008-09 school year.

The ESPN RISE high school athletes of the week program will honor five football players and 10 non-football players each week for the rest of the fall season and will be selected by a panel of contributors.

The full list of this week's ESPN RISE regional boys and girls athletes of the week follows:

East
(Boys) Ryan Finley (Rancocas Valley, Lumberton, N.J.) Soccer
(Girls) Amanda Mazor (Chartiers Valley, Pa.) Soccer

Southeast
(Boys) Bill Matthews (Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tenn.) Cross Country
(Girls) Ashley Brasoven (Wellington, Fla.) Cross Country


Midwest
(Boys) David Payne (St. Xavier, Louisville, Ky.) Golf
(Girls) Hannah Werth (Glenwood, Chatham, Ill.) Volleyball
The 6-0 outside hitter had 15 kills in a win last week over Lanphier and in the process broke a state record for career kills. According to the Illinois High School Association, Werth moved her career kills total to more than 1,700 after that match. She eclipsed the previous record of 1,697 set last year by Morton's Allison McGloughlin. Werth has signed with Nebraska.

Southwest
(Boys) Nathan  Collier (Pottsboro, Texas) Cross Country
(Girls) Nicole Workman (Tuttle, Okla.) Softball

West
(Boys) Davey Armstrong  (Rangeview, Aurora, Colo.) Soccer
(Girls) Brianna DeBrock (Xavier Prep, Phoenix, Ariz.) Volleyball
A dominant 6-3 blocker up front, DeBrock led the way with eight kills and six blocks as Xavier Prep defeated Gilbert in two games to win the championship of last weekend's 32-team Goldwater tourney. DeBrock also played well earlier in the season when Xavier Prep won the Westwood Tournament of Champions. Her team is going for its second straight state title.

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