Athletes of the Week
Posted September 04, 2019
Addie Ahlstrom
Menlo tennis
The junior singles player won twice at the Tyler Nii Champions Cup, hosted by Menlo, and was named tournament MVP. She beat the top singles players from both Monta Vista and St. Francis to help the Knights earn the tournament title.
Teddy Purcell
Sacred Heart Prep football
The junior quarterback threw for 253 yards and a touchdown in his debut as a starter, leading the Gators past Carlmont 28-7 in team's season-opener on Saturday. He threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Dante Cacchione to open the scoring.
Honorable Mention
Reilly Bruff
Palo Alto field hockeyClaire Li
Palo Alto tennisIris Li
Palo Alto tennisKate Mallery
Gunn water poloElena Radeff
Sacred Heart Prep volleyballEmma Spindt
Menlo-Atherton volleyballTroy Anderson
Menlo-Atherton footballPhillip Doan
Gunn footballCory Hallada
Gunn footballMatt MacLeod *
Menlo-Atherton footballJosh Poulos
Menlo water poloAidan Seed
Woodside water polo* Previous Winner
Previous Weeks
(Kyra Pretre, Charlotte Tomkinson/Julien Hernandez)
(Sarah Snyder/Jared Freeman)
(Milan Hilde-Jones/Aidan Everett)
(Sarah Snyder/Owen Crevelt)
(Alexandra Chan/Max Reyes)
(Emma Sloan/Justin Nam)
(Genna Gibbons/Jared Freeman)
(Emma Briger, Ingrid Corrigan/Nathan Fleischli)
(Sara Osterberg/Aidan Everett)
(Leiney Paul/Jared Freeman)
(Avery Lee/Dean Casey)
(Coco Layton/Andrei Volgin)
(Folashade Akinola/Isaiah Saams-Hoy)
(Evelyn Calhoon, Lauren McDonnell/Abby Ericson, Folashade Akinola)
(Klara Astrom/Timothy Waymouth)
(Sharon Nejad/Andrew Wang)
(Mina Tameilau/Liam Johnson)
(Hannah Jump/Raymond Reece)
(Catie Cassani/Joshua Meyers)
(Avery Lee/Charlie Williams)
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