Asterisk Talley of Chowchilla is The Bee’s Athlete of the Week winner for week of Oct. 9

Asterisk Talley of the Chowchilla High golf team is the winner of The Fresno Bee’s Athlete of the Week poll for Oct. 9-14.

She had 5,531 votes (54%) to finish ahead of Sydney Bowns of Clovis North water polo who had 4,321 votes (42%).

Fifteen high school athletes were nominated from golf, cross country, volleyball and water polo.

Voting ended at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 22.

Recent winners were Evan Torres, Parlier cross country; Riley McDaniels, El Diamante girls cross country; Kinsley Allan, Sanger girls cross country; Vanessa Villavicencio, Sanger West volleyball; Kennedy Cutler, Redwood volleyball; Faith Bakker, Immanuel volleyball; Davin Collazo, Kingsburg girls water polo; and Drew Rhoads, Lemoore water polo.

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

Note: The Bee discourages any voting irregularities and any form of harassment. All voters should show sportsmanship; report bad behavior to the platform where it appears.

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This story was originally published October 16, 2023 at 1:21 PM.

Anthony Galaviz

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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