Licking Valley's Donevin Ghiloni named Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Boys Athlete of Week

The football star ran for 213 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries in a 35-14 win over Granville.

Licking Valley football player Donevin Ghiloni was selected as the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Boys Athlete of the Week for Oct. 6-12.

Ghiloni ran for 213 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries in a 35-14 win over Granville.

Ghiloni received 45.69% of the vote and was followed by Columbus Academy football player Henry Pizzotti, who received 45.63%, Dublin Scioto football player Evan Williams (2.6%), Watterson cross-country runner Jack Hangen (2.5%) and Dublin Coffman football player Brayden Scholl (2%).

Licking Valley's Donevin Ghiloni slips through Heath's defense for a touchdown during the visiting Panthers' 41-14 victory at Swank Field on Sept. 12, 2025.

Pizzotti, the runner-up, had 3.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for a loss, eight solo tackles, two assists, one pass break-up, two catches for 71 yards and a touchdown, one carry for 3 yards, one kick return for 29 yards and a punt block in a 38-24 win over Buckeye Valley.   

Williams ran for 186 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries in a 34-24 win over Delaware Hayes.

Henry Pizzotti, Columbus Academy football

Hangen won the individual CCL title with a time of 15:45, a course record., leading Watterson to its first boys league title since 2019.

Scholl played five different positions and had 187 all-purpose yards and a touchdown in a 20-17 win over Hilliard Davidson. Had five receptions for 106 yards, five carries for 48 yards and a touchdown, a kickoff return for 33 yards. He scored the game-winning TD with two minutes remaining.

The Athlete of the Week voting recognizes athletes across all sports.

Nominations are due Monday mornings for competitions that took place the previous week. The boys poll is live until 4 p.m. Fridays. The girls poll is live until 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Anyone can nominate an athlete by email to [email protected] or through X (formerly Twitter) tagging @BrianWhite13.

Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. Athletes who have not been a recipient of one of the weekly awards can be nominated more than once. 

Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at [email protected]

OSU Wexner Medical Center Athlete of the Week

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Meet OSU Wexner Medical Center's Athlete of the Week: Donevin Ghiloni

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