By Andy Walter

DOVER — Dover High baseball player Kole Turner was voted this week’s State News Athlete of the Week after leading the Senators to a pair of wins in three games. 

The junior allowed just one run and four hits in 12 innings while earning both victories on the mound. Turner also hit .333 with four stolen bases in the three games.

For the season, Turner is 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA as a pitcher while hitting .367 out of the leadoff spot.

The son of Dover athletic director Kevin Turner, Kole is a four-sport athlete for the Senators and a second-year captain in baseball. He is also a National Honor Society member.

“Kole has been around the program since he was in diapers,” said Dover coach Nick Spadafino. “He has great pride in representing Dover High in every way possible. He’s a great leader that the whole team feeds off of.”

The Athlete of the Week is nominated and chosen by our readers. The nominating period starts at 2 p.m. on Friday and ends at noon on Monday. A voting period follows from 5 p.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Wednesday.

This process is performed exclusively online. When nominating an athlete, please include name, school and sport as well as a photo and brief description of why he or she deserves that week’s honor.

All nominations must be high school varsity athletes and come from high schools within Kent or Sussex counties. The winner appears in print and online each Sunday.

Here is the link to nominate someone for next week’s award:

https://delawarestatenews.secondstreetapp.com/Athlete-of-the-Week-5-5-24/gallery/

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