{
  "id": 2908964,
  "title": "Steven Wright: Nominate your athlete for the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/steven-wright-nominate-your-athlete-for-the-dayton-daily-news-athlete",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T01:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steven-wright-nominate-athlete-dayton-010300497.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Dayton Daily News is inviting readers to nominate their favorite high school athletes for the Athlete of the Week title, presented by the Orthopaedic Institute of Dayton. The contest runs throughout the season, with nominations and votes occurring weekly. To be eligible, nominees must be current high school student-athletes within the Dayton Daily News, Journal-News and Springfield News-Sun coverage area. They can be nominated by coaches, athletic directors, school administrators, and fans, providing their full name, school, sport, grade level, key statistics, accomplishments, and a photo. Nominations are open throughout the season and are evaluated based on performance, not guaranteeing a spot on the ballot. Finalists are chosen by the newspaper's sports staff, and voting opens at noon on Mondays, continuing until Wednesday. Winners are announced on Fridays, with athletes potentially featured in stories, photos, and social media posts. Athletes are only allowed to win once per season to promote fairness across sports and schools. Violations of school or team conduct policies may lead to disqualification.",
  "summary": "OID — AOTW_DDN.png Tell us who should be up for the title of Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week presented by Orthopaedic Institute of Dayton in our contest this fall. Readers can nominate and vote each week for their favorite athletes throughout the season. Nominations are due by Monday morning for competitions that took place the previous week. The nominees will be selected through fan ...",
  "key_points": [
    "Dayton Daily News invites nominations for Athlete of the Week.",
    "Contest runs weekly throughout the season with voting.",
    "Finalists chosen by sports staff, winners announced Fridays."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}