Ladue-Frontenac "MVP," Week 2: Nominees, Go For It

This is week 2 of nominees for local “Most Valuable Player” in the Ladue-Frontenac Patch. That means our winner, each week must come from one of the five schools:  John Burroughs, Ladue, MICDS, Villa Duchesne or St. Joseph’s Academy.

Third baseman Trey Baur, sophomore at MICDS was our first winner.

Nominations are open until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Anyone can nominate any athlete. This is your Patch. Go for it.

We have some suggestions:

Speed merchants on the track: Ezekiel Elliott of Burroughs, and Jehu Chesson of Ladue.

On the baseball front, we recommend Greg Gannon from Ladue.

Moving to soccer, we have two local choices: Megan Hillerman of Villa Duchesne and Caroline Militello from MICDS.

The water polo nominee is Forest Donnell of Ladue.

In lacrosse, our suggestion is Katie Prosperi from St. Joseph’s Academy. Feel free to add to the list. The four names most nominated will make up Wednesday’s all-Patch ballot. Everyone can vote.

Voting goes through Thursday at 5 p.m. and the winner is announced Saturday morning.

Zeke Elliott: first in the area in the 110 high hurdles (14.10). Fourth in the 100 meter dash in 10.09.

Jehu Chesson: Signed with Michigan football. He is first in the area at 200 meters (21.86) and third in the area in the high hurdles 14.43) and No. 2 in the area in the 300 meter hurdles in 38.16.

Megan Hillerman: One goal and three assists in 7-1 win over John Burroughs. Scored all three of the team’s goal in win over Cape Notre Dame.

Katie Prosperi: 16 goals, 12 assists and 28 points on a young 3-4 team.

Greg Gannon: Fired the first perfect game in Ladue’s 58 year of baseball history. Struck out 13 of 15 batters (the limit) he faced in game-shortened 20-0 win over Jennings.

Caroline Militello: 10 goals, 10 assists, 30 points and 3 game winning goals on 6-5 team.

Forest Donnell: Ladue is 9-7 in the pool. and he has 22 goals, 18 assists for 62 points.

We need your nominees. You make up the ballot for Wednesday. You can work from this list, or add in your own choices.

Either email your choice to james.baer@patch.com or list your choice in the comments below.