Vote Now: Who should be this week's SBLive South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week (May 8-13)?

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week for May 8-13 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday and the winner will be announced Monday, May 22. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivesc.

THIS WEEK’S SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES

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Chance Hall, North Myrtle Beach, Baseball

The Chiefs were down 9-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. No way they come back. Right? Well, they did. Hall’s walk-off RBI single capped a crazy nine-run rally and the Chiefs beat James Island 10-9 to advance to the 4-A Lower State championship series. Hall was 2-for-3 and is batting .333 for the season.

Kylie Cino, Wando, Girls Soccer

Cino scored the tying goal in the second half and had one of the Warriors’ five penalty kicks during the shootout phase following overtime as Wando won its third straight state championship. Cino has committed to South Carolina.

Na’Veah Matthews, Gray Collegiate, Softball

The War Eagles’ center fielder made a leaping catch to save two runs in a nine-inning, 3-2 thriller over Strom Thurmond in the 2-A playoffs. She also raced in to cover second base when the War Eagles caught a Strom Thurmond player in a rundown. At the plate, Matthews had a triple and scored a run.

Maddie Berry, Latta, Softball

Berry, a sophomore, threw a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts as Latta beat Lake View 4-0 in the 1-A state playoffs.

Hailie Lebiedz, Marion, Softball

Lebiedz threw a five-hitter with eight strikeouts and was 2-for-3 with a double while driving in a run as Marion downed Chesterfield 4-2 in the 2-A state playoffs. For the season, Lebiedz is 8-0 with a 2.38 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 56 innings.

Keagan Pace, Riverside, Boys Soccer

Pace scored two goals as the Warriors beat James Island 4-1 to win 4-A state championship, the program’s third in a row. The DePaul recruit tallied eight goals in the Warriors’ last three playoff games.

Henry Hall, St. Joseph’s Catholic, Boys Golf

Hall, an all-state performer in 2022, shot a 68 to win the individual championship by four strokes in the 1-A state tournament.

Camille Carter, Eastside, Girls Soccer

The sophomore striker got the only goal as Eastside beat James Island 1-0 to win the 4-A state championship. It was Eastside’s first state championship since 2007. Carter finished the season with 13 goals, second-best on the team.

Callah Dando, Hilton Head Prep, Girls Soccer

Dando scored four goals in the Dolphins’ 10-0 win over Northside Christian in the quarterfinals of the SCISA 3-A state playoffs. The sophomore striker got two more in an 8-2 win over John Paul II in the semifinals.

Maddie McMillon, Chapin, Softball

McMillon’s three-run homer broke a 6-6 deadlock and the Eagles went on to beat St. James 11-6 in the 5-A state playoffs.