Arely Ayala of Mendota basketball is the Fresno-area Athlete of the Week for Feb. 19-24
Arely Ayala of Mendota basketball is The Fresno Bee’s Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 12-17.
She finished with 19,312 votes (54%) to finish ahead of Joey Lara of Firebaugh basketball who had 15,491 votes (43%).
Twenty-eight high school athletes were nominated from basketball, soccer and wrestling.
Voting ended at 11:59 p.m. Feb. 25.
Recent winners were Krista Shaeffer, Sanger basketball; Andrea Alvarenga, Sanger soccer; Savana Chase, Central basketball; Caleb Johnson, Kingsburg soccer; Cobi Posas, Roosevelt basketball; Emmi Almeida, Caruthers basketball; Cedric Hughes, McLane basketball; Jacob Davis, Clovis North soccer; DJ Stickman, Clovis West basketball; Krista Sheaffer, Sanger girls basketball; Kenyah Stubbs, Hanford girls basketball; Kennedy Cutler, Redwood volleyball; Daniel Galvez, Sanger cross country; Faith Cortez, Roosevelt volleyball; Alexa Vaca, Sanger cross country; Lake McQuoid, Sierra boys water polo; Asterisk Talley, Chowchilla golf; 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.
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This story was originally published February 20, 2024 at 10:33 AM.
