Liberty Hill softball player Makayla Mendoza voted Austin-area Girls Athlete of the Week
Liberty Hill softball player Makayla Mendoza, who hit a pair of home runs and had five RBIs in the Panthers' two-game sweep of San Antonio Southwest in the Class 5A area-round playoffs, was voted the Covert Chevrolet Bastrop Austin-Area Girls Athlete of the Week for April 29 through May 4.
Smithville softball player Addison Otto won the previous poll, for April 22-27.
Mendoza received 62% of the vote. Cedar Park runner Isabel Conde De Frankenberg, Hays softball player Kaitlyn Cowan, Bowie softball player Valeria Feeney and Georgetown triple jumper Lily Muzzy also were candidates.
The American-Statesman will have a weekly vote for Girls Athlete of the Week and Boys Athlete of the Week throughout the academic year.
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