The winner of the first FresnoBee.com winter sports Player of the Week is ...
Makayla Carre of the Sierra Pacific girls basketball team is the winner of The Fresno Bee’s first high school winter sports Player of the Week online voting.
She had 27,766 votes (44%), followed by Breanna Hurt of Kerman (23,506, 37%), Alyssa Wheeler of Clovis North (6,423, 10%), Luke Dillon of Sanger (3,359, 5%) and Chloe Van Ness of Clovis (1,881, 3%).
Carre helped the Golden Bears to a 72-64 victory over San Joaquin Memorial when the freshman scored 12 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Voting will return Wednesday with the next group of candidates.
Nominations can be sent on Twitter to Fresno Bee Sports or Anthony Galaviz. When nominating, please include a head-and-shoulders photo of the player.
Anthony Galaviz
The Fresno Bee