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Bee’s Best: Fowler’s Jerod Smith wins The Fresno Bee Boys Athlete of the Week poll for April 11-16

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Jerod Smith of Fowler baseball wins The Fresno Bee’s boys Athlete of the Week for April 11-16.

He received 19,717 of the votes (46%) to finish ahead of Max Mendes of San Joaquin Memorial (17,176 votes, 40%).

Ryan Cronk of Sierra Pacific baseball finished third with 3.617 votes (9%).

The 15 athletes nominated were from baseball and track and field.

The poll closed at midnight Sunday.

Recent winners include: Orion Tomlinson of Fresno Christian basketball, Camden Thompson of Clovis East basketball, Landon Almeida of Caruthers basketball, Ismael Gonzalez of Riverdale soccer, Beunju Moon of Lemoore basketball, Luke Karle of Sanger basketball, Jackson Young of Clovis West basketball, Adam Delgado of Kerman baseball, Collin DeBorde of Clovis North baseball, Derek McNary of Hanford baseball, Gio Chavez of Lindsay baseball, Brayden Rhodes of Reedley baseball and Zack Jones of Kings Christian baseball.

Coaches may nominate an athlete for next week’s prep poll by email to agalaviz@fresnobee.com.

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This story was originally published April 18, 2022 at 10:17 AM.

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Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He’s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology. Support my work with a digital subscription
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