Archbishop Mitty soccer player Megan Haniger is the Bay Area News Group’s girls athlete of the week for Feb. 26 to March 2.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Haniger had 30.37% to finish ahead of Notre Dame-San Jose softball player Avery Provenzano, who was second at 23.80%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Haniger, a senior, led the Archbishop Mitty back line as the Monarchs held Del Oro scoreless in regulation and overtime of the NorCal Division I title game. Mitty beat its opponent 5-3 in penalty kicks. Haniger was the MVP of the game.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
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Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.