Prospect's Matthew Castillo drives in eight runs in his team's two-game sweep of Gunderson.
Prospect baseball player Matthew Castillo is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for May 6-11.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Castillo finished with 39.66% of the votes. James Lick baseball player Enrique Mendez was second at 24.90%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Castillo, a senior third baseman, had six hits and eight RBIs in two wins against Gunderson. He entered this week batting .511 and has an OPS of 1.470 this season.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday 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 in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
