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Athletes of the Week

Posted February 06, 2019

Sharon Nejad
Menlo basketball

The freshman averaged 18.7 points and 11.0 rebounds over three games last week that clinched second place in the WBAL for the Knights. She scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds against Eastside Prep.

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Andrew Wang
Palo Alto wrestling

The senior won the 128-pound weight class at the Colt Invitational in South San Francisco over the weekend, helping the Vikings finish third as a team. He recorded three pins and a decision en route to the title.

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Honorable Mention

Zion Gabriel

Eastside Prep basketball

Yara Gomez Zavala

Menlo-Atherton soccer

Chloe Jedwood

Kehillah Jewish basketball

Avery Lee *

Menlo basketball

Annika Shah

Palo Alto basketball

Mina Tameilau

Eastside Prep basketball

Max Colowick

Menlo soccer

Jai Deshpande *

Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Misiteni Eke

Menlo-Atherton wrestling

Aidan Gans

Palo Alto wrestling

Isaiah Saams-Hoy

Eastside Prep basketball

Nate Solomon

Menlo basketball

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

January 30, 2019
(Mina Tameilau/Liam Johnson)

January 23, 2019
(Hannah Jump/Raymond Reece)

January 16, 2019
(Catie Cassani/Joshua Meyers)

January 09, 2019
(Avery Lee/Charlie Williams)


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