Help us choose our high school Athletes of the Week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from May 5-10.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then at mercurynews.com and eastbaytimes.com without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday. We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

GIRLS

Stella Canoles, Campolindo swimming: The freshman won the 50-yard freestyle (22.9) and the 100 free (49.4) at the NCS championships. Also helped the Cougars take second in the 200 free relay.

Maya Ifo Desai, Archbishop Mitty track and field: Ifo Desai had a strong showing at the West Catholic Athletic League championships, winning the shot put (40-4.5) and discus (154-11).

Rylee Hutchinson, Amador Valley swimming: The sophomore won the 200 free in 1:50.90 at the NCS championships, beating out the top two qualifiers to win the title.

Lola Jones, Hillsdale softball: Jones pitched the final eight innings of Hillsdale’s nine-inning 2-1 win over Aragon, conceding only an automatic runner in the ninth and striking out seven. The sophomore also pitched a complete game in a 12-2 win over Woodside, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and striking out six.

Jazzy Maske, Mills softball: The sophomore had two doubles, two RBIs and scored two runs as Mills routed Sequoia 13-3. In a 14-3 win over Menlo-Atherton, Maske posted three hits, three RBIs, four runs scored, a triple and a home run.

Alice McCarty, Newark Memorial track and field: McCarty won all three individual distance titles in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meters at the Mission Valley Athletic League track and field championships on Saturday at Moreau Catholic.

Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius track and field: McCuskey-Hay won four events and set two meet records at the West Catholic Athletic League championships at St. Francis on Friday. She anchored the 4x100-meter relay to a school and meet record 47.17 and won the 100 in 11.75. She then won the long jump in a meet record 18-10.5. She finished the night with a first-place dash in the 200 in 24.61.

Jaella Mercado, Bishop O’Dowd softball: Mercado stole three bases and drove in three runs as O’Dowd beat Encinal 8-2. The senior and UCLA commit added a pair of hits and an RBI, plus three more steals, in a loss to Castro Valley.

Katia Nesper, The King’s Academy softball: Nesper pitched a complete-game two-hitter as TKA shut out Hillsdale 1-0 in a close Peninsula Athletic League contest. She struck out nine. Against San Mateo, she spun a one-hitter with 14 strikeouts in a 6-0 victory.

Emmi Ng, Pinole Valley swimming: Ng led the Spartans to a fourth-place finish in the Tri-Country Athletic League championships, winning the 100 fly with a time of 1:06.91 and finishing third in the 50 free at 27.52. She swam fly in the 200 medley relay to help PV take fourth place and led off the 200 free relay to help secure a third-place finish.

Veronica Taira, Menlo School track and field: The senior won the West Bay Athletic League championship in the 3,200, topping the field with a time of 11:13.42. She also took second in the 1,600 (5:01.89) at the WBAL championships and qualified for CCS in both events.

BOYS

Marco Carbajal, Arroyo baseball: Carbajal drove in six runs to lead Arroyo to a 21-0 win over San Lorenzo. Arroyo finished the regular season 14-9.

Kaden Choi, Head-Royce baseball: The junior went 4 for 5 and drove in 10 runs in Head-Royce’s 20-1 win over Redwood Christian. Head-Royce (13-5) is in second place in the Bay Counties League East Division, trailing St. Joseph Notre Dame by a game.

Ellis Culleton, Campolindo swimming: The sophomore won the 50-yard freestyle at the North Coast Section championships, finishing in 20.91.

MJ Ellazar, Menlo-Atherton baseball: Ellazar had two hits and knocked in three runs to lead M-A to a 7-2 victory over Burlingame. M-A (18-7, 10-2) sits in first place in the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division.

Nathan Foucu, The King’s Academy swimming: Foucu, a junior, broke the Central Coast Section 200 freestyle record at the CCS championships, touching the wall in 1:35.40.

Jack Foscalina, Las Lomas baseball: Foscalina hit for the cycle in an 11-3 win over Berean Christian. He began this week hitting .427 for Las Lomas, which is 11-10-1 this season.

Kevin Havens, Sobrato track and field: Havens, a senior, won the 300-meter hurdles at the Blossom Valley Athletic League finals, crossing the finish line in 39.58.

Yury Kuzmenko, Valley Christian swimming: The Princeton commit set a section record in the 100 freestyle at the CCS championships, taking first with a time of 43.42.

Dominic Lake, Gunderson baseball: Lake went 2 for 3 and drove in four runs to lead Gunderson to a 16-4 win over James Lick. Gunderson is 14-6 this season.

Isaiah San Pedro, Newark Memorial track and field: San Pedro, a junior, took first place in the 100-meter race at the Mission Valley Athletic League championships with a time of 10.93.

Songrui Wu, Dougherty Valley swimming: Wu set a section record by winning the 200 individual medley at the NCS championships with a time of 1:45.47. He also won the 100 back stroke, touching the wall in 47.47.

Chuck Wynn, Menlo baseball: The junior went 5 for 9, knocked in four runs and hit two homers in a 23-9 win over Woodside. Menlo (16-8) is scheduled to travel to Aragon for a game today.