Pocono Record Monroe County Girls Athlete of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Monroe County girls athlete poll and who runs it?

The Monroe County girls series is put together by the Pocono Record, a newspaper serving Monroe County in Pennsylvania. Each week in season the paper lists girls athlete nominees, and readers choose among them on a public ballot. The ballot carries poll number 14947420 and sits on the Crowdsignal platform, which is the service that counts the votes.

Because the newspaper is the organizer, the nominee list and the ballot schedule come from the same source. A reader who wants to check the rules or the current nominee list should look to the paper's own ballot announcements first.

The market is Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The county name comes from the program's own title, and the poll does not name a city or school district as the boundary of the vote. The vertical is sport, so the poll covers girls athletic achievement rather than a pageant, business or food award.

Which seasons are confirmed and when did the series run?

The series is confirmed for two seasons, 2024 and 2025. The ballots are dated from September 2024 through January 2025, which covers the fall and winter sports calendar. The poll treats those months as a single series, so the seasons belong to one program rather than to separate contests.

The timeline below sets out the two seasons and the open questions. The dates are the season-level window only, and the exact opening and closing times for each weekly ballot are not in the material used for this entry.

The date of the next season's first ballot is not yet known from the material, so it stays open; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a reader vote on the weekly ballot today?

A reader opens the latest ballot on poll.fm, reads the nominee list, and submits a vote for the girls athlete they want to support. The ballot is a Crowdsignal poll, so the vote is cast on the Crowdsignal page rather than inside the newspaper's own site.

Because the series posts a new ballot each week in season, a reader who wants to keep voting should return to the poll link when the next ballot opens. The poll link in this guide points to the latest ballot, so readers who arrive from an older link should check the current nominee list before voting.

General advice on how public polls work is covered in the guide to getting more votes online, which applies across weekly sports polls without tying the advice to any single nominee.

How does this poll sit beside other Pennsylvania athlete votes?

Pennsylvania has several athlete votes, and this Monroe County girls poll is one of the county-level programs. The sibling programs on the state hub include the GameTimePA YAIAA Girls Athlete of the Week, which is a girls poll like this one, and the Mr. PA Football ballot, which covers a different sport.

The PennLive Mid-Penn Boys Basketball Player of the Week is a boys poll tied to a different newspaper, while the Pennsylvania High School Football Player of the Week and the Pennsylvania High School Softball Player of the Year cover other sports and periods.

Readers comparing the sibling programs should check each ballot's own page, because the listed programs are separate ballots with their own nominee lists and dates. A schedule that works for one of them does not show the timing of another.

The main contrast is the geography. This series is tied to Monroe County, while the Lebanon County ballot and the statewide programs cover different areas, so a reader should not assume the nominee pools overlap.

How can readers support a nominee in the Monroe County girls poll?

Readers who care about the outcome of a given week should look at the nominee list before the ballot closes, since the list is the only input a voter controls. Once the list is set, the public vote on the weekly ballot is the only lever a reader has.

The only lever a reader has is the public vote on the weekly ballot.

Some people ask whether outside services can add votes. Services that sell votes exist for many polls, but the Pocono Record sets the rules for its own series, and the poll text does not address outside help. Anyone considering that route should read the award votes page and check the newspaper's own terms before relying on any outside help.

Readers who want a broader view of Pennsylvania athlete polls can start at the Pennsylvania contest hub, which lists the state's sports and athlete votes side by side.