


Monta Vista track and field athlete Lelani Laruelle is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week and Acalanes baseball player James Stadt is the boys athlete of the week for May 26-31.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Laruelle finished with 66% of the vote. Alhambra softball player Hailey Powers took second and Miramonte softball player Abby Warren was third.
In the boys poll, Stadt had 54.83% of the vote. Santa Clara baseball player John Kepner finished second and California baseball player Nolan Jess was third.
Laruelle cleared 5-7 to win the high jump at the state meet in a tie for first place with Jurupa Valley’s AB Hernandez and Long Beach Wilson’s Jillene Wetteland.
Stadt went 3 for 4 with three RBIs in Acalanes’ 7-1 win over Rancho Cotate in the North Coast Section Division II championship game.
These are the final athlete of the week results of the school year.
To nominate an athlete when the polls resume next school year, 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.