Vote for Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Week presented by Wexner Medical Center

Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite girls 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.

The boys Athlete of the Week poll was published Sept. 14. Voting is open until 4 p.m. Sept. 18.

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.

Athletes were nominated over the past week for the vote starting Sept. 15.

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

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.

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

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

Amelia Buettner, Olentangy Orange golf: Won the Olentangy Invitational with a 9-under par 72 at Oakhaven. Buettner's round included five eagles and two birdies.

Macie Ellis, Utica volleyball : Had 15 kills, 18 assists and four aces in a win over Licking Valley.

Madi Gohn, Liberty Christian volleyball : Totaled 16 kills and three aces in a loss to Genoa Christian.

Mackenzie Kline, Hilliard Davidson cross country : Finished first (18:33.96) in the McGowan Invitational at Watkins Memorial.

Emma Pennington, Watkins Memorial soccer : Scored two goals and made two saves in a 7-1 victory over Zanesville.

Kaelyn Perry, Worthington Kilbourne field hockey : Scored four goals and had four steals across two games against Bishop Hartley and Hathaway Brown.

Summer Strout, Northridge soccer: Scored a total of three goals in victories over Liberty Union and Lakewood.