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Seacoast Athletes of Week: Gracy Spirito, Elliot Miles
In the seventh installment of the Seacoast high school Athlete of the Week for the 2023 spring sports season, Oyster River softball player Gracy Spirito and Portsmouth baseball player Elliot Miles topped the voting to win the girls and boys high school Athlete of Week honors, respectively, for May 22-27.
Spirito joins previous spring winners Traip Academy’s Quinn McPherson, York’s Ella Moon, Winnacunnet’s Maddy Eaton, Marshwood’s Emily Hester, Spaulding’s Kylyn McLaren and Portsmouth’s Sydney Pettis.
Miles joins Newmarket’s Nick Nigro, Portsmouth’s Raphael Tey Henne, York’s Jack Joyce, Winnacunnet’s Jackson Larck, Dover’s Jon Dumais and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Sam Grondin as this spring’s winners.
The weekly poll runs Monday through midnight Thursday, and can be found at seacoastonline.com/sports and fosters.com/sports.
More on boys winner Elliot Miles of Portsmouth High School
Miles won the online poll by collecting over 37% of the online poll, racking up 227 total votes. Marshwood’s Ty Hussey finished second with 153 votes.
Rounding out the top five was Dover baseball player Ryder Aubin (124), St. Thomas Aquinas lacrosse player Anthony DiMartino (56) and Exeter track athlete Nathan Mikulsky (48).
Miles had four hits – a home run and three doubles, and knocked in seven RBIs in the Clippers’ Division I win over Nashua South, 11-5 on Friday.
“Elliot had a great finish to the month of May, capping off a strong regular season all told,” Portsmouth head coach Tim Hopley said. “We’ll need him at his very best in June, the most important month in the high school baseball season.”
More on girls winner Gracy Spirito of Oyster River High School
Spirito collected nearly 44% of the online voting, with a total of 280 votes. York softball player Maddie Fitzgerald finished second with 165 votes.
Third through fifth included Portsmouth lacrosse player Charlotte Marston (79), Winnacunnet track athlete Charlotte Koutalidis (76) and Spaulding softball player Hailey Strong (37).
Spirito had four hits and four RBIs to help guide Oyster River to a Division II win over Laconia, 15-6.
“I’m pleased Gracy has been recognized by the voters for her play last week,” Oyster River head coach Chad Michaud said. “But that performance has become routine for her. She has been a key performer for our team all year contributing both on offensive end and with her defense at third base.”
