Mills softball player Lucy Esquivel is the Bay Area News Group’s girls athlete of the week for April 21-26.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Esquivel finished with 46.36% of the vote. Hillsdale softball player Lola Jones took second with 17.28%, and Design Tech softball player Ella Lewis was third with 12.01%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Esquivel led the charge with a homer, double, five RBIs and three runs scored as Mills beat Terra Nova 18-3. The sophomore had two hits and four RBIs in a 16-1 win over Menlo-Atherton and added a pair of hits and one more RBI in an 8-1 win over St. Ignatius.
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To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
