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. 17-22.
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:
Kenenna Amajioyi, Cornerstone Christian basketball: Amajioyi scored 22 points and added seven rebounds, three assists, four steals and two blocks as Cornerstone beat San Francisco Waldorf 56-30.
Keira Bromwell, St. Ignatius soccer: Bromwell, a sophomore defender, blocked the shot of Leigh’s Shani Outlaw off the goal line after SI’s goalkeeper was beaten, saving an early goal in a game SI won 1-0.
Chloe Crogan, Pioneer soccer: The junior scored Pioneer’s lone goal in a tight 2-1 overtime loss to top-seeded St. Francis in the opening round of the CCS Division I bracket.
Jolyn Ding, Pinewood girls basketball: Ding scored 29 points, a career high, on 10 of 17 attempts from the field, leading Pinewood to a 71-39 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral to open pool play in the CCS Open Division playoffs.
Simdi Chukwu, Bishop O’Dowd basketball: Chukwu led O’Dowd with 17 points in a 72-33 win over American of Fremont in the opening round of the NCS Division I playoffs.
Stella Hamilton, Acalanes soccer: Hamilton was stellar for the Dons on Saturday, scoring two goals as ninth-seeded Acalanes beat top seed Carondelet in the NCS Division I quarterfinals.
Andrea Martin, Piedmont basketball: Martin scored 10 points and added 10 rebounds for a double-double as Piedmont gave Cardinal Newman a run for its money in a 51-45 loss on the road in the NCS Open Division.
Bianca Putanec, Menlo School soccer: Putanec came up big in goal with four saves of penalty kicks to lift Menlo past Carlmont (1-1, 5-4 PKs) and into the CCS Division III semifinals. She also led the Knights to a win over Notre Dame-Belmont earlier in the week.
Sophia Ross, Carondelet basketball: Ross led Carondelet with 19 points as the Cougars routed Salesian 83-55 in the opening round of the NCS Open Division bracket.
Murphy Walsh, Archbishop Mitty soccer: The senior midfielder scored two goals as Mitty routed Woodside 4-0 in the first round of the CCS Division I playoffs.