Vote now: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week
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Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls 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 Jan. 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.
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Scroll to the bottom for the poll.
Winners are announced each Friday online and, starting Sept. 30, 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:
Addie Bailey, Acalanes soccer: The senior scored in all three of Acalanes’ wins last week. Bailey scored a brace (two goals) against both Northgate and Miramonte and bagged one goal in a 2-0 win over Alhambra. Those goals helped the Dons improve to 9-1-5 on the season.
Sasha Bernthal, Menlo School soccer: The senior set up her teammates with four assists in a 6-0 win over Notre Dame-San Jose on Tuesday. Bernthal then scored a goal on Saturday in a win against Stevenson.
India Bowles, Archbishop Riordan soccer: Bowles, a senior, was one of six Crusaders to score in Riordan’s 7-0 win over Jefferson. A few days later, Bowles scored again in Riordan’s game against College Prep of Oakland.
Kendall Campbell, Pinole Valley basketball: The junior wing scored a game-high 16 points in Pinole Valley’s 88-24 win over De Anza. Pinole Valley is 16-8 this season with wins over Priory and Monterey Trail.
Snowe De Leon, Mount Pleasant basketball: De Leon had 33 points, 12 rebounds, nine steals and five assists in a win against James Lick. A few days later, she scored 33 points and had 16 rebounds against San Jose. She also scored 17 points against Yerba Buena.
Madison Donati, Terra Nova soccer: The junior striker scored two goals and had an assist in a 3-0 win over South San Francisco. According to statistics reported to MaxPreps, it is the seventh time Donati has scored at least two goals in a match this season.
Karena Eberts, Miramonte basketball: Eberts, who is averaging 17.5 points per game, scored a career-high 33 points in a big win against Clayton Valley Charter on Friday. She hit 14 of 20 shots. Eberts followed that up with 12 points and 19 rebounds in a 45-35 win against Campolindo.
Anneka Lupinek, San Ramon Valley basketball: Lupinek had an incredible senior night against Foothill, scoring 38 points while adding 12 steals, six rebounds and five assists. Lupinek had scored nine points earlier that week in a win over Dublin.
Leilani Perez, Kennedy-Richmond soccer: The freshman did it all for Kennedy in a 2-2 draw against Swett. She scored a goal and also assisted on the other. Perez also had five steals and attempted four corner kicks.
Elaina Rosa, Silver Creek soccer: The sophomore goalkeeper saved four shots in a 3-0 win against Willow Glen. A few days later, Rosa saved three more shots in a 4-1 win against Evergreen Valley. Rosa has four shutouts and 43 saves this season.