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Athletes of the Week

Posted October 23, 2019

Cooper McKenna
Gunn water polo

The senior scored 11 goals, had four steals and four assists last week in helping Gunn remain in a first place tie in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division.

Phillip Doan
Gunn football

The senior running back gained 193 yards and scored three TDs in a key victory over Los Altos on Friday night. The Titans are in contention for the SCVAL El Camino title.

Honorable Mention

Addie Ahlstrom

Menlo tennis

Sophie Golub

Menlo water polo

Kyra Pretre

Menlo cross country

Odeya Russo

Gunn volleyball

Emma Spindt

Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Amelia Vugrincic

Palo Alto volleyball

Greg Hilderbrand

Menlo water polo

Tau Latu

Woodside football

Kamran Murray

Menlo cross country

Isaac Rotenberg

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Kai Seed

Woodside water polo

Thomas Taufui

Menlo-Atherton football

Previous Weeks

October 16, 2019

(Minhee Chung/Samson Axe)

October 09, 2019

(Natalie Grover/Troy Franklin)

October 02, 2019

(Lauren Sung/Noah Housenbold)

September 25, 2019

(Charlotte Tomkinson/Colin Giffen)

September 18, 2019

(Elena Radeff, Millie Muir/Eitan Smolyar)

September 11, 2019

(Megan Norris/Danny Peters)

September 04, 2019

(Addie Ahlstrom/Teddy Purcell)

(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)

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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