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Bee’s Best: Caruthers’ Nailea Fields is The Bee’s Girls Athlete of the Week winner for May 9-14

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Nailea Fields of Caruthers track and field won The Fresno Bee Girls Athlete of the Week poll for May 9-14

Fields picked up 6,754 votes (54%) to come out on top.

Finishing second was Julissa Avila of Farmersville track and field who received 5,187 votes (42%).

Third was Emma Blea of Clovis North softball (267, 2%).

Eighteen athletes were nominated from softball, swimming and track and field.

The poll closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

Recent winners include: Athena Tomlinson of Clovis West basketball, Melayna Vasquez of Fowler soccer, Darleth Felix of Tulare Union basketball, Morgan Triguiero of Caruthers basketball, Anna Marshall of Caruthers basketball, Anisa Torres of Caruthers basketball, Krissy Turman of Caruthers basketball, Aubryelle Aguilar of Clovis East softball, Leah Estrada of Sanger softball, Mia Nishikawa of Central softball, Morgan Trigueiro of Caruthers softball, Gaby Zapata of Selma softball, Morgan Bradford of Redwood softball, Alyssa Martinez of Sanger softball, April Vang of Sunnyside badminton and Natalie Alanis of Kings Christian softball.

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 May 16, 2022 at 10:32 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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