Amarillo Globe-News High School Athlete of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Amarillo Globe-News athlete of the week poll and who runs it?

Readers in Amarillo, Texas, use this public poll to pick a high school athlete each week. The Amarillo Globe-News is the organizer, and the ballot is served by Crowdsignal (poll.fm) as ballot 16176126. The poll sits in the sport vertical, and its mechanic is a public vote rather than a panel decision by the newspaper.

Amarillo is the city named for this program, and Texas is the state. The newspaper name tells a reader who is responsible for the ballot, while the poll.fm host shows where the votes are cast. The table below gathers those facts once, so the later sections can refer back to them. Nothing on this page depends on a rule that the listing does not state.

Which weekly ballots are confirmed and when did they run?

Two editions are confirmed. The 2025 run covered weekly ballots across September and October, and the 2026 ballot is live on the same poll.fm series. The listing shows 7 ballots in the 2025 run, which gives the series a short, fixed fall window.

Week-by-week closing times are missing from the listing, so the open ballot is where a reader learns them; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The fall window is the only dated pattern the listing shows, so a reader should not assume that winter or spring weeks follow the same schedule. The newest ballot on the poll is the one that matters for a vote today, and older ballots can be read for context only.

How does a supporter vote on the weekly ballot today?

A supporter opens the current Globe-News ballot on poll.fm, reads the athletes and programs listed for that week, and selects the option they support. The listed options name the school program with the athlete, such as a football or volleyball team, so a reader can see what each choice represents.

These are the only steps the listing confirms for the series. Readers wanting general guidance on casting votes online can read the steps for getting more votes online before the next week opens. Each week's ballot stands on its own, so the steps stay the same while the nominees change.

How does this Amarillo poll sit beside other Texas athlete ballots?

The listing places this program beside six Texas athlete and player polls, including the Austin American-Statesman athlete of the week, the CenTex high school football poll, the Dallas and North Texas football poll, the Dave Campbell's Texas football quarterback award, the DFW Star Local Media athlete poll and the East Texas football poll. The Amarillo series is the only one in that set tied to the Globe-News and to the Amarillo market.

The clearest contrast is the award type. The Dave Campbell's quarterback award is built around the quarterback position, while the East Texas football poll covers a different region. This Amarillo ballot stays general across sports and programs. Readers choosing between this ballot and a narrower one should match the sport and the honor before they cast a choice.

How can a family or coach back a weekly athlete vote without breaking the rules?

The honest way to back a weekly athlete vote is to share the live ballot with families, classmates and fans who follow the programs listed, and to ask them to read every option first. Newspapers running public polls expect that kind of attention, and it does not depend on any paid service.

Paid vote services are a different category. Whether purchased or third-party votes would count is a question for the Globe-News's terms, and the published text does not answer it. Before any outside help, read the live rules and treat the online vote guide as background only, because no service can promise a placement on a ballot the newspaper controls.

The newspaper's position on outside help is not printed, so the safe standard is one honest vote per person and no software the newspaper bans. Families should keep the ballot link in their own circle and recheck the rules at the start of each week. Keeping the ballot link in a family or team group chat is a simple, honest way to share it, and it reaches readers who already follow the programs.