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Athletes of the Week

Posted September 18, 2019

Elena Radeff, Millie Muir
Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

The senior-sophomore duo helped the Gators open West Bay Athletic League play with a pair of victories, including a four-set win over Menlo. Radeff collected 51 kills and Muir recorded 97 assists in the two matches.

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Eitan Smolyar
Gunn football

The senior fullback gained 195 yards and scored four touchdowns, including runs of 64, 62 and 21 yards, on seven carries to help the Titans beat Yerba Buena and improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2002.

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Honorable Mention

Amelia Gibbs

Palo Alto volleyball

Natalie Grover *

Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Gianna Inguagiato

Menlo golf

Ella Sheehan

Sacred Heart Prep tennis

Lexi Triantis

Castilleja water polo

Vikki Xu

Menlo golf

Josh Butler

Palo Alto football

Colin Giffen *

Palo Alto football

Junacio Henley

Menlo football

Noah Housenbold *

Menlo water polo

Isaac Rotenberg

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Ryan Stanley

Palo Alto water polo

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

September 11, 2019
(Megan Norris/Danny Peters)

September 04, 2019
(Addie Ahlstrom/Teddy Purcell)

May 22, 2019
(Kyra Pretre, Charlotte Tomkinson/Julien Hernandez)

May 15, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Jared Freeman)

May 08, 2019
(Milan Hilde-Jones/Aidan Everett)

May 01, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Owen Crevelt)

April 24, 2019
(Alexandra Chan/Max Reyes)

April 17, 2019
(Emma Sloan/Justin Nam)

April 10, 2019
(Genna Gibbons/Jared Freeman)

April 03, 2019
(Emma Briger, Ingrid Corrigan/Nathan Fleischli)

March 27, 2019
(Sara Osterberg/Aidan Everett)

March 20, 2019
(Leiney Paul/Jared Freeman)

March 13, 2019
(Avery Lee/Dean Casey)

March 06, 2019
(Coco Layton/Andrei Volgin)

February 27, 2019
(Folashade Akinola/Isaiah Saams-Hoy)

February 20, 2019
(Evelyn Calhoon, Lauren McDonnell/Abby Ericson, Folashade Akinola)

February 13, 2019
(Klara Astrom/Timothy Waymouth)

February 06, 2019
(Sharon Nejad/Andrew Wang)

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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