WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ AWARDS ARE BACK! | They resume next week, with prizes

The biggest weekly awards in East Texas is back for the 2024-25 school year.

And we could not be happier!

The Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Player of the Week Awards return for this school year – a male and a female athlete win every single week – and this year, instead of just taking the distinction of the actual win, they’ll be taking home some special Whataburger prizes, too.

Whataburger, Tyler-based DKT Investments LTD., became a part of the ETBlitz.com family in January and these awards were first presented shortly after.

So this will be our first fall to actually present – this will be the first time that football, volleyball, fall tennis and cross country athletes are eligible to win.

The ETBlitz coverage area, of course, which bears repeating, in alphabetical order is Arp, Gilmer, Gladewater, Henderson, Kilgore, Leverett’s Chapel, Overton, Sabine, Tatum, Troup, West Rusk, White Oak, and naturally, Kilgore College.

We’ll announce the awards each and every Tuesday – not just this fall, but throughout the school year, all the way through May, 2025 – here on ETBlitz.com, and on our social media (Facebook, Instagram, and even the new ETBlitz YouTube channel). That means when football, volleyball, fall tennis and cross country do wrap up, basketball, soccer, softball, golf, track & field – they’ll all be back and those athletes will be eligible to win.

What do they win? Well, we can’t tell you. It’ll be something very special – that will begin next weekend, after the first round of games, which start Thursday, August 29, through Saturday, August 31. We wanted to wait until football season had kicked off before we started the award.

So the first award-winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 3.

And the prizes will be hand-delivered to our winners each week!

Here’s a complete list of our winners from last school year, and links to the stories from where they won, and their accomplishments:

• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | First-ever winners are Kilgore’s Diego Rojas, Phenix Rivers!
• WHATABURGER/ ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | KC stars step up in conference games
• WHATABURGER/ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | Sabine’s McNatt, Kilgore’s Lexi Lara
• WHATABURGER/ ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | A Sabine soccer star shines, and a Kilgore Bulldog helps his team get back on track
• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | KC’s Muttilib, Henderson’s Clater
• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | It’s McNatt (AGAIN!) and Kilgore’s Cedillo
• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK! | Drumroll, please… Aw, heck; it’s Kilgore’s Reyes and Sabine’s Anguiano
• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | Kilgore’s Bullard, KC’s Lieme
• BURGESS, BENSON HONORED… | as Whataburger / ETBlitz.com’s Players of the Week
• TANNER BEETS, KC’S INMON | They’re the WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM Players of the Week!
• BULLARD, DANIELS SWIPE ‘EM! | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week
• THIS JUST IN: STATE TITLES WIN YOU A PLAYER OF THE WEEK! | Overton’s Williams, Henderson’s Norris bring home both (etblitz.com)
• NELSON, LOFTIS & STEVENS | It’s not a law firm; they’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz Players of the Week!
• THE M&Ms TAKE IT | Kilgore’s Martinez, White Oak’s McClanahan wrap up the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
• GLADEWATER’S HUNTER, KILGORE’S NELSON | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
• NELSON GOES BACK TO BACK | And Marcott wins, too, our Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
• WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ PLAYERS OF THE WEEK! | WO’s Daniels wins another; Overton’s Edwards wins, as well
• IT’S PRETTY CLEAR | Nelson, Hunter the Whataburger / ETBlitz Players of the Week!
• TATUM’S GONZALEZ, OVERTON’S NOBLES! | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
• TATUM’S CARSON GONZALEZ (AGAIN) & KILGORE’S EVA RAY | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!

Whataburger.com can be found all over the ETBlitz coverage area, and its first customer was served by founder Harmon Dobson in 1950. They have 950 stores in 14 states (Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee) and are soon to open in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will give them a 15-state customer base. They have over 50,000 employees.