Vote: Who is the Southwest Florida Girls Flag Football Player of the Week (3/31/2025)?

We have 10 candidates for you to choose from
Ja’khiya Stewart catches a pass during the Riverdale girls’ flag football practice on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Riverdale, as the team practices running different routes.
Ja’khiya Stewart catches a pass during the Riverdale girls’ flag football practice on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Riverdale, as the team practices running different routes. | HELEN COMER/The Daily News Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Florida High School Girls Flag Football season is in full swing and we begin our Player of the Week polls for areas all around the state. Teams have started off the regular season with some great individual performances.

As such, we have 10 athletes nominated this week for the High School On SI's Southwest Florida (Collier, Lee counties) high school girls flag football player of the week award from March 24-29, and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Sunday, April 6th at 11:59 p.m. The winner will be announced in next week's poll. 

Editor’s note: Our corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. This poll is specifically for fans to vote on the players that have been nominated and in no way discredits any other player that may not be mentioned in our poll.

Here are the nominees:

Bella Burgess, Gateway Charter

The Griffins' defensive back made several plays in a 13-12 victory over Bishop Verot, intercepting two passes.

Lila Dinkel, Bishop Verot

Though coming up on the short end of the stick in the loss to Gateway Charter, Dinkel finished with a team-high three sacks for the Vikings.

Mia Standard, Mariner

Standard quarterbacked her Tritons to victory in a 26-0 rout of Cape Coral, completing 7-of-14 passes for 85 yards and three scores.

Maya Wilson, Mariner

In the very same contest against Cape Coral, Wilson was the leader defensively and notched a team-high four sacks along with nine flag pulls.

Brianna Shanblatt, Bonita Springs

The junior linebacker led the way defensively for the Bullsharks in a 13-7 loss to Ida Baker, making a team-high six flag pulls.

Kinsley Brereton, Bonita Springs

Brereton is just a freshman, but has shown poise playing under center for the Bullsharks this season. The quarterback totaled 118 all-putpose yards in a 20-0 win over Cypress Lake last week.

Kylie Eaton, Estero

The senior signal caller was steady in Estero's 14-12 win over Dunbar, completing 15-of-19 passes for 84 yards.

Claire Martin, Cypress Lake

Despite her effort coming in a loss to Bonita Springs, the sophomore defensive back intercepted two passes.


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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.