Bee’s Best: Briajane Wade is The Bee’s Athlete of the Week winner for Dec. 13-18
Briajane Wade of Sunnyside basketball is the winner of The Bee’s Athlete of the Week poll for Dec. 13-18.
It was a close race between Wade and Aaliyah Thompson of Corcoran basketball.
Wade picked up 44,336 votes (46%) ahead of Thompson who totaled 42,897 votes (44%).
Carter Glick of Mt. Whitney basketball came in third with 5,665 votes (65).
Wade scored a career-high 36 points and was 10 of 14 from the free-throw line in a 56-33 win over Madera. She also had six steals.
Thirty-two athletes were nominated.
The nominees are from basketball, soccer and wrestling.
The poll closed at noon Saturday.
Past winners: Grace Van Der Kooi of Central Valley Christian volleyball, Katelyn Goforth of Kerman volleyball, Andrew Gray of Madera water polo, Krisalynn Turman of Caruthers volleyball, Margaret Arambula of Mission Oak volleyball, Kristen Landen of Clovis West volleyball, Gabby Russell of Clovis West volleyball, Goforth again, Marissa Mendrin of Kerman volleyball, Susie Phillips of Central Valley Christian golf, Gianna Mastro of Clovis West tennis, Evan Torres of Parlier cross country, Kaydence Cortez-Garcia of Clovis West soccer, Kenyah Stubbs of Hanford basketball, Athena Tomlinson of Clovis West basketball and Orion Tomlinson of Fresno Christian basketball
Coaches may nominate an athlete for next week’s prep poll by email to agalaviz@fresnobee.com.
Can’t see the survey? You may need to turn off your ad blocker.
This story was originally published December 20, 2021 at 10:10 AM.
