Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Josiah Rodriguez, Serra baseball

Serra baseball player Josiah Rodriguez has been named the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for March 27-April 1 after he had 56.58% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.

Bellarmine diver Jack Clark (35.48%) finished second and Los Altos track and field athlete Zachary Fagin placed third.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Rodriguez, a junior, slugged a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to lift Serra to a 7-4 victory over St. Francis in West Catholic Athletic League play. He finished the game with four RBIs.

He also knocked in four runs in a rout of Archbishop Riordan earlier in the week.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, April 10, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and, starting Sept. 30, in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.

Past winners

March 20-25: Cyrus Ahmad, Washington-Fremont tennis

March 13-18: Derek Hoffmann, Monte Vista lacrosse

March 6-11: Christian Preciado and Michael Castaneda

Feb. 26-March 4: Amani Johnson, Salesian basketball

Feb. 20-25: Parker Lunn, Mountain View soccer

Feb. 13-18: Daniel Schembri, Sequoia soccer

Feb. 6-11: Bryce Luna, St. Francis wrestling

Jan. 30-Feb. 4: Nathan Yousif, Silver Creek soccer

Jan. 23-28: Joseph Bangalan, Piedmont Hills basketball

Jan. 16-21: James Wong, Benicia basketball

Jan. 9-14: Tyler Suzuki, Leigh basketball

Jan. 2-7: Rudy Cruz, Hayward soccer

Dec. 12-17: Nicholas Ruiz, Benicia soccer

Dec. 5-10: Eli Roth, Acalanes soccer

Nov. 28-Dec. 3: Austin Shelton, San Ramon Valley football

Nov. 21-26: Jae’Von Reels, Bellarmine football

Nov. 14-19: Dashiell Weaver, Campolindo football

Nov. 7-12: Nate Bell, Liberty football

Oct. 31-Nov. 5: Angel Barraza, Dublin football

Oct. 24-29: Zachariah Norton, Hayward football

Oct. 17-22: Shane Timmons, Saratoga football

Oct 10-15: Owen Neitzel, Leigh water polo

Oct. 3-8: Salvador Espinoza, Lincoln-San Jose football

Sept. 26-Oct. 1: Antonio Arenas, El Camino football

Sept. 19-24: Nic Austen, College Park water polo

Sept. 12-17: John Ben Pau Mendoza, San Ramon Valley football

Sept. 5-10: Luke Baker, San Ramon Valley football

Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo

Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo