LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Melbourne Central Catholic’s (Fla.) Lilly Rollinger, Hendrickson’s (Texas) Kara Luongo and Maranatha’s (Calif.) Campbell Taylor captured the first MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Spring Player of the Week awards of the 2026 season, the Association announced on Monday. They are being recognized for their outstanding play for the week of Feb. 16-22.
Rollinger garnered South Region accolades after helping propel the Hustlers to a 2-0 start to the season with two appearances, including a 12-strikeout, five-hitter in their opener against Merritt Island last Tuesday. The junior walked just one over seven innings in the circle, and then came in for one out and the save in Friday’s 4-3 triumph over Sebastian River.
In the South Central, Luongo won four games and fanned 45 batters over 23 innings this past week. The junior allowed just six hits, two runs (none earned) and three walks as the Hawks improved to 9-1 for the season. She recorded 12 or more strikeouts in three of her four appearances, including 14 versus Chaparral last Tuesday.
Taylor was the top performer in the West, going 6-for-6 with seven runs scored, two doubles, a triple, home run, two walks and six RBI as the Minutemen won their first two contests by a 38-0 margin. The freshman evenly split her hits among the two games, and had three of her four extra-base hits and four RBI in the opener against San Gabriel. She also saw time in the circle, tossing three innings and allowing no hits while fanning nine in game one, and yielding just one hit while striking out 10 versus Glendale.
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 the 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 on Mondays during the season.
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.
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