Serra baseball player Josiah Rodriguez has been named the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for March 27-April 1 after he had 56.58% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.
Bellarmine diver Jack Clark (35.48%) finished second and Los Altos track and field athlete Zachary Fagin placed third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Rodriguez, a junior, slugged a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to lift Serra to a 7-4 victory over St. Francis in West Catholic Athletic League play. He finished the game with four RBIs.
He also knocked in four runs in a rout of Archbishop Riordan earlier in the week.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, April 10, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and, starting Sept. 30, in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
Past winners
March 20-25: Cyrus Ahmad, Washington-Fremont tennis
March 13-18: Derek Hoffmann, Monte Vista lacrosse
March 6-11: Christian Preciado and Michael Castaneda
Feb. 26-March 4: Amani Johnson, Salesian basketball
Feb. 20-25: Parker Lunn, Mountain View soccer
Feb. 13-18: Daniel Schembri, Sequoia soccer
Feb. 6-11: Bryce Luna, St. Francis wrestling
Jan. 30-Feb. 4: Nathan Yousif, Silver Creek soccer
Jan. 23-28: Joseph Bangalan, Piedmont Hills basketball
Jan. 16-21: James Wong, Benicia basketball
Jan. 9-14: Tyler Suzuki, Leigh basketball
Jan. 2-7: Rudy Cruz, Hayward soccer
Dec. 12-17: Nicholas Ruiz, Benicia soccer
Dec. 5-10: Eli Roth, Acalanes soccer
Nov. 28-Dec. 3: Austin Shelton, San Ramon Valley football
Nov. 21-26: Jae’Von Reels, Bellarmine football
Nov. 14-19: Dashiell Weaver, Campolindo football
Nov. 7-12: Nate Bell, Liberty football
Oct. 31-Nov. 5: Angel Barraza, Dublin football
Oct. 24-29: Zachariah Norton, Hayward football
Oct. 17-22: Shane Timmons, Saratoga football
Oct 10-15: Owen Neitzel, Leigh water polo
Oct. 3-8: Salvador Espinoza, Lincoln-San Jose football
Sept. 26-Oct. 1: Antonio Arenas, El Camino football
Sept. 19-24: Nic Austen, College Park water polo
Sept. 12-17: John Ben Pau Mendoza, San Ramon Valley football
Sept. 5-10: Luke Baker, San Ramon Valley football
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo
Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo
