Archbishop Riordan basketball player Tallyah Nasol is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week and Mountain View basketball player Jayden Minor is the boys athlete of the week for Jan. 13-18.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nasol finished with 43.73% of the vote. California basketball player Rachael Osicka took second at 40.03%.
In the boys poll, Minor had 44.19% to finish ahead of Piedmont Hills basketball player Don Nguyen, who placed second at 21.03%.
Nasol, a sophomore point guard, made three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 14 points in Riordan’s 58-43 victory over Salesian.
Minor, a senior, had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mountain View to a 48-41 win over Los Gatos.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com 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.