Just a reminder to coaches as the winter season picks up steam in the next few weeks with a heavy load of tournaments – don’t forget to nominate your best athletes for The Baltimore Sun’s Athlete of the Week.

If one of your athletes has a stellar week, please call our nomination line, 410-332-6801, before 6 p.m. Sunday. Our week runs from Monday through Sunday, but our nomination line is open 24/7.

When you call, please first let us know if you are nominating a boy or a girl and then give your team’s results for the week and your athlete’s statistics for the week. You can also add any supporting information you would like such as season averages and past honors.

Leave your name and a phone number where you can be reached on Sunday night. We must be able to reach you on Sunday night for your athlete to be chosen. The athlete must be available on Monday to have his or her picture taken unless we already have it.

Only coaches or their representatives can nominate athletes of the week. We also ask that you nominate only one athlete from your team at a time, because if you can’t choose, we certainly can’t.

Thanks to all the coaches who have given us some great nominees this fall and we look forward to honoring the winter season’s best players.

-- Katherine Dunn