Oak Hills’ Rylie Gresham-Center is the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week

There were 31,483 votes cast this week in the race for the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week poll winner.

Oak Hills’ Rylie Gresham-Center ended with 37.28% of total votes cast by Daily Press readers.

The star softball player received 11,736 votes, beating out 10 other high school athletes from across the High Desert. She’s the second consecutive Oak Hills student to be voted Athlete of the Week, as well as the second member of the Bulldogs softball team.

In the previous voting, Rylie ended in second place with 35.46% of votes.

To earn a spot on this week’s ballot, Rylie had a huge day at the plate in the lone game of the week for the Bulldogs. She went 4 for 4 with a home run, three RBIs and four runs in a 14-1 victory over Riverside Prep on March 5.

In the voting, Rylie beat out Nate Carlson, a golfer from Academy of Careers & Exploration, who ended with 29.30% at 9,225 total votes.

The nominees were selected based on performances between March 4 to 9.

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Nominations are based on information available to the Daily Press. All high school varsity players from the High Desert can be considered for the ballot.

Nominations must be received for consideration by Sunday morning following that week's games. Anyone can nominate an Athlete of the Week for every varsity sport.

Want to get to know our winner a little better? Check out what Rylie had to say.

• How long have you been playing your sport and how did you get started: I’ve been playing softball since I was 4 ½ which means I've played for about 12 years. I started playing softball because both my parents both played softball and baseball and wanted me to get involved with a sport and learn accountability and leadership skills.

• What do you like most about your sport: I honestly love the people that I meet through the sport, I have made so many amazing friends through the game. I also love the constant need for improvement, I play a game where perfection is never achieved and there’s always something to strive for.

• Do you have a pregame ritual: I always pray with my teammates before games and I will write my stepdad's old jersey number in the dirt because he is a key reason why I still play this game and why I push so hard every day to get better.

• What’s your most memorable sports moment: One of my most memorable sports moments was probably when I first started learning how to slap hit and I tried it in a game and it ended up scoring in the winning run of the game which won us the tournament.

• If you could be someone else for a day, who would it be and why: I don’t know who I would want to be.

• Someone hands you $1 million, how would you spend it: I would probably spend some of it to pay for my college education and then save half of it. I would probably give some to my family.

• Where would you go if you could travel anywhere in the world and why: If I could travel anywhere I would love to travel to Italy for the food and the beaches. I have always seen pictures and wanted to see it in person.

• If you had an extra hour every day, how would you spend it: I would spend it reading and writing, I would journal and write stories and read books if I had the time.

• What superpower do you wish you had: I wish I could read minds.

• Favorite sports team: I am a San Francisco 49ers fan

• Favorite athlete: Brock Purdy

• Favorite superhero: Thor

• Favorite show: “The Originals”

• Favorite movie: “Tangled”

• Favorite song: “Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars

• Favorite meal: Shrimp Alfredo

• Favorite local restaurant: 760 Sushi Bros

• Favorite app: Instagram

Be sure to nominate next week’s ballot through email to sports reporter Jose Quintero at JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com. Feel free to also reach out to him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @J0seQuintero, or on Instagram at @VVDailyPress_Sports. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.

This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Meet the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week