Athletes of the Week

Posted November 27, 2019

Brynn Brady, CC Golub
Menlo tennis

The No. 1 doubles team helped the Knights win their first NorCal title since 2015, winning in both the semifinal, a 5-2 victory over Granite Bay, and the final, a 4-3 win over St. Francis.

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Katherine Sung
Palo Alto golf

The senior shot a round of 73, tied for third overall, and the Vikings won the CIF State Championship, a first in school history, at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach last week.

Honorable Mention

Addie Ahlstrom

Menlo tennis

Priya Bakshi

Palo Alto golf

Bridget O'Keefe

Palo Alto golf

Elena Radeff

Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Lauren Sung

Palo Alto golf

Ella Woodhead

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Willem Holzrichter

Menlo-Atherton water polo

Noah Housenbold

Menlo water polo

Luke Johnston

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Zayd Mahmoud

Menlo water polo

Jamir Shepard

Palo Alto football

Wilson Weisel

Sacred Heart Prep football

Previous Weeks

November 20, 2019
(Addie Ahlstrom/Kevin Cullen)

November 13, 2019
(Odeya Russo/Kamran Murray)

November 06, 2019
(Sydney Sung/Jake Tsotadze)

October 30, 2019
(Bella Bachler/Eitan Smolyar)

October 23, 2019
(Cooper McKenna/Phillip Doan)

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)

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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