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 Dec. 9-14.
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:
Maya Abughosh, Campolindo soccer: The senior scored a goal and had two assists in a 3-1 victory over Berkeley, helping the Cougars start the season 6-0.
Olivia Caballero, Notre Dame-Belmont soccer: The senior midfielder scored a goal and had an assist in a victory over Milpitas, getting on the stat sheet for the first time this season.
Katherine Garr, Pinewood basketball: The center stuffed the stat sheet in a victory at Hanalani-Hawaii, scoring 14 points and grabbing five rebounds while also getting three blocks and a trio of assists.
Iwa Lealao, James Logan basketball: The sharp-shooting point guard scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers in a 54-44 victory over Washington. She finished the week averaging 15.5 points per game.
Arleth Magana, Kennedy-Richmond soccer: The sophomore scored three goals – a hattrick – in a 5-2 victory over Tennyson. The victory helped Kennedy improve to 2-0-1.
Pallvi Mallampti, Los Altos tennis: The junior won her matchup against Menlo School in the NorCal girls tennis championship, helping Los Altos capture the regional crown.
Natalia Niebles, Silver Creek soccer: The senior scored four goals and chipped in an assist in Silver Creek’s 6-0 victory over MacDonald. The forward scored three goals in a previous game against Wilcox.
Ashley Saban, Leigh basketball: The sophomore point guard scored 24 points and had five rebounds against Woodside, following up a game where she had 11 points and five rebounds.