Tulare County Athlete of the Week: Tulare Union's KaiLee Gilbert
Tulare Union softball player KaiLee Gilbert was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County high school athlete of the week.
In an online poll that closed on April 26, Gilbert received 1,951 votes, or a 31.6% majority, of the 6,200 responses.
Gilbert went a perfect 3-for-3 hitting with two RBIs, a home run and a stolen base in a 7-4 win over Mission Oak.
Here's a look at past winners from this school year:
Avery Starr, Tulare Western volleyball
Holden Benevento, El Diamante boys water polo
Emma Taylor, El Diamante volleyball
Ty Baxter, Monache football
Faith Powell, Tulare Western volleyball
Jazmaine Stewart, Farmersville volleyball
Noeliah Zavala, Tulare Union golf
Olivia Machado, Tulare Western girls water polo
Areli Tobon, Mt. Whitney girls tennis
Caden Ritchie, Central Valley Christian football
Chi’el Sanchez, Tulare Western boys water polo
Sonny Guess, Tulare Union football
Brooklyn Bawanan, El Diamante girls cross country
Danae Banuelos, Golden West girls basketball
Alexa Bello, Tulare Western girls basketball
Brooklyn Tayo, Redwood girls basketball
Cole Gilcrest, Redwood boys basketball
Janessa Garza, Farmersville girls basketball
Neveah Creason, El Diamante girls basketball
Natasha Anguiano, Exeter girls basketball
Aiden Perez, Farmersville boys basketball
Reagan Neese, CVC girls soccer
Lauren Starr, Tulare Western girls soccer
Chris Creason, El Diamante wrestling
Mason Hatton, Tulare Union softball
Bellajah Nunley, Tulare Union softball
Isabella Zavaleta, Tulare Western softball
Skyler Kestly, El Diamante softball
Kelan Turner, CVC baseball
Destanee Early, Tulare Union softball
Original story: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper's website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday.
Please do not email your votes.
Here are the choices for the week of April 22-26:
Colton Bowling, baseball, Central Valley Christian: Bowling smacked a two-run single in the sixth inning to help the Cavaliers down Exeter 2-1 in a non-league game.
KaiLee Gilbert, softball, Tulare Union: Gilbert went a perfect 3-for-3 hitting with two RBIs, a home run and a stolen base in a 7-4 win over Mission Oak.
Austin Kelly, baseball, Dinuba: Kelly fired a complete game with eight strikeouts to anchor the Emperors to a 2-0 win over Tulare Western. He gave up just two hits in the shutout.
Hunter Kittinger, baseball, Redwood: Kittinger added two hits, two runs, a walk and a pair of stolen bases to help the Rangers beat Mt. Whitney 11-8.
Jaden Lopez, softball, Redwood: Lopez had two hits and three RBIs to lift the Rangers to an 8-5 victory versus Golden West.
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Natalia Negron, softball, El Diamante: Negron blasted three hits and knocked in a run as the Miners topped Porterville 8-4.
Landon Peredo, baseball, Tulare Western: Peredo generated a hit, two runs, a walk, RBI and stole two bases as the Mustangs charged past Dinuba 8-1.
Memo Rosales, baseball, Woodlake: Rosales fired 10 strikeouts in six innings to pilot the Tigers to a 5-2 win over Lindsay. He gave up just two hits and one earned run.
Ruben Ruiz, baseball, Exeter: Ruiz had three hits, including a double, with five RBIs and two runs in a 20-0 rout of Granite Hills.
Caleb Silva, baseball, El Diamante: Silva went 2-for-4 hitting with an RBI and run in the Miners' 5-4 victory against Golden West.
Nominations are based on information available to the Times-Delta.
All high school varsity players from Tulare County can be on the ballot. Nominations must be received for consideration by Monday morning following that week's games.
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