Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll.
For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.
This week, we consider performances from Feb. 23-28.
Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.
Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.
Scroll to the bottom for the poll.
Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.
Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.
We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.
On to the nominees:
Pat Bala, Sacred Heart Prep basketball: The sophomore scored 19 points to lead SHP to a 71-64 win over Half Moon Bay in the CCS Division IV final.
Kasten Eggers, Priory basketball: Eggers, a senior, scored 33 points as Priory defeated Palma 66-58 to capture the CCS Division V title.
Jaden Hector, Sacred Heart Cathedral basketball: The freshman had 15 points to lead SHC to a CCS Division III title with a 57-39 win over Soquel.
Giovanni Martinez-Negrete, Clayton Valley soccer: Martinez-Negrete scored the game-winning goal in Clayton Valley’s 2-1 win over Monte Vista.
Moses Mendoza, Gilroy wrestling: Mendoza won the 138-pound state title after beating Buchanan’s CJ Huerta, earning a technical fall in the third period with a score of 24-8. It was his second consecutive state title win.
Caiden Morefield, Willow Glen basketball: Morefield scored 13 points and the go-ahead layup in Willow Glen’s 47-44 win over St. Francis in the CCS Division II title game.
James Perry, Cornerstone Christian basketball: Perry scored 35 points to lead Cornerstone Christian to a 81-65 win over Branson in the NCS Division III finals.
Joseph Standfield, Mission San Jose basketball: Standfield scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead MSJ to a 46-40 win over Rancho Cotate in the NCS Division IV championship.
Dimitri Williams, Bishop O’Dowd baseball: BYU commit was 3 for 3 with three doubles, two RBIs and a home run in a 13-3 win over St. Joseph Notre Dame.
Brandon Woodards, Oakland Tech basketball: Woodards scored 16 points as Oakland Tech defeated Oakland High 49-47 in the Oakland Section championship.
