Help us select our high school Athletes of the Week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News and East Bay Times) girls and boys 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 the first week of January.

Polls can be found on our websites — mercurynews.com/sports/high-school-sports/ or eastbaytimes.com/sports/high-schoolsports/ — where voting closes at 5p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you'd like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

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

Caroline Alanis, Albany soccer: Junior forward notched a hat trick (3goals) in a 5-0 win over Richmond. Albany improved to 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the TCAL Rock, where Alanis is the division's defending offensive Player of the Year.

Akshaya Bahugudumbi, Leigh soccer: Senior forward had four assists in wins over Pioneer and Leland, helping Longhorns stretch their record to 8-0.

Lillian Cooke, Castro Valley soccer: Sophomore's 16th birthday was a sweet one as she scored the game's only goal in a win over Dublin. She had two goals in the Gaels' 6-0 win over Arroyo.

Delaney Dorwin, Half Moon Bay basketball: The 5-foot-8 guard had a career-high 29 points in a 61-43 triumph over Burlingame. She added eight rebounds, six steals and five assists in the way.

Zoey Hinkle, Del Mar basketball: The 6-foot sophomore scored a school-record 35points to help the Dons (7-7) beat Yerba Buena. The rising star averages 16.6points and 14 rebounds per game.

Vallory Kuelker, Pinewood basketball: Panthers split two games in SoCal, but the 5-8Kuelker turned in a winning effort with 46 points and 17 rebounds. She had a double-double (27 points, 11 rebounds) in a win over Rancho Buena Vista.

Alyssa Rudd, Monte Vista basketball:

The 5-8 sophomore totaled 58 points and 18 rebounds in wins over American and Clayton Valley. She averages 22.3points and 12.3 rebounds.

Amelia Schrag, Northgate basketball:

The team leader scoring, rebounding and assists, the 5-10senior helped the Broncos improve to 12-4 with 18 points in a 49-38 win over Castlemont.

Mia Sieminski, Berkeley soccer: Sophomore forward tallied four goals and an assist in a 7-1victory over Skyline. The Yellowjackets moved to 8-1-1 after the win. Lamiyah Washington, Concord basketball: The 5-5 guard helped Concord turn around its season after an 0-8start, scoring 79points in three straight wins. She had 12steals in one game and six in another.

BOYS Jorell Clark, Palo Alto basketball:

The 6-foot-1 junior and son of Stanford head track and field coach J.J. Clark scored 26 points in Palo Alto's 61-49 win over Los Altos in SCVAL De Anza Division play. William Evans, De La Salle soccer: The junior's goal was all the offense the Spartans needed to turn back visiting James Logan 1-0 in a nonleague game.

Ricardo Feliciano, Dougherty Valley soccer: The junior had two goals and an assist to lead the Wildcats to a 5-0 win over Freedom in nonleague play.

David Hernandez Escobar, St. Francis soccer: Scored one of St. Francis' two goals in its 2-1victory over Valley Christian in WCAL play. Also had a goal and an assist in a 4-1win over Sacred Heart Cathedral and has 10 goals and three assists this year.

Andrew Hilman, Archbishop Riordan basketball:

The sophomore guard scored 11of his 28points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Crusaders edged Bishop Gorman-Las Vegas 82-81in the Coastal Catholic Classic at Crypto.com Arena in LA.

Luke Isaak, San Ramon Valley basketball:

Scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as San Ramon Valley beat Berkeley 62-47. He also he won MVP after leading the Wolves to a Gold Division title at the prestigious Damien Classic.

Dylan Mansour, Campolindo basketball:

The senior led the way with 27 points as the Cougars (13-3) had a 58-56 win over Capital Christian-Sacramento in a showcase in Sacramento. Also had 12 points in a 62-58 win at St. Mary's-Stockton.

Jayden Minor, Mountain View basketball:

The 6-5 junior guard led the way with 22 points as Mountain View improved to 1-1 in SCVAL De Anza Division play with a 7362victory over Wilcox.

Paul Pham, Bellarmine wrestling: The junior was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Bianchini Memorial Tournament after recording four pins to help Bellarmine win the team title.

Marcus Robinson, Miramonte basketball:

The 6-3 senior guard made seven 3-pointers and finished with 32 points, three assists and three steals to lead Miramonte past host San Rafael 61-40.