Vote for the Blue Federal Credit Union High School Athlete of the Week

The Coloradoan is proud to present our weekly Athlete of the Week series for this high school year, partnering with Blue Federal Credit Union to honor the best Fort Collins-area high school athletes.

There are five nominees every week, and fans can vote every Monday through Wednesday at coloradoan.com/sports/high-school-sports.

Here is the 10th edition of the 2023-24 school year for the week of Oct. 22-28.

You can find the ballot at the bottom of the page. Voting is open until 11 p.m. Wednesday each week, with the winner announced on Thursday at Coloradoan.com and via the Coloradoan's Instagram page.

Fans can nominate their favorite athletes (deadline: 11:59 p.m. every Saturday) and the Coloradoan Sports staff will ultimately select the five nominees each week.

Playoff football: Windsor hosting, Wellington stays local and Fossil grabs final 5A spot

If you have nominations for a future Athlete of the Week, please send them via email to ChrisAbshire@coloradoan.com for consideration.

The following athletes were nominated for their performances last week:

• Isabel Allori, Liberty Common cross-country: The Eagles senior capped her career with a repeat state championship in Class 3A and a second-straight perfect season. Allori was nearly 20 seconds better than second place in another dominant performance from one of the best girls runners in Fort Collins history.

• Cash Altschwager, Wellington football: The Eagles junior is nominated for a third straight week, because he just keeps making plays. Altschwager helped Wellington finish off an unbeaten regular season with 231 total yards, five touchdowns, seven tackles, an interception and a pair of 2-point conversions in a 56-14 win over Bennett.

• Mikaela Kendall, Heritage Christian cross-country: The Eagles' sophomore took runner-up honors at the 2A state meet and was just one second off her personal record time on a challenging course. More importantly, Kendall's second-place performance helped the Heritage Christian girls cross-country team win its first-ever state title.

• Nick Kubat, Fossil Ridge football: The SaberCats quarterback finished the regular season with a half of excellent football. That's all he needed, carving Poudre up for 264 passing yards and three touchdowns in the first half, including TD passes of 94 and 60 yards. Fossil routed its rivals 42-16 and earned a 5A playoff berth with the win.

• Kadence Marsh, Windsor volleyball: The junior was everywhere in a busy five-match week for the Wizards. Marsh compiled a whopping 124 assists, 56 digs, 47 blocks, 17 kills and five aces as Windsor went 3-2 against top 5A/4A competition in the Cheyenne Mountain tournament. The Wizards wrapped up a 4A No. 2 seed and will host a regional this weekend.

Last week's winner: Timnath volleyball's Jersey McCollum named Blue Federal Credit Union's Athlete of the Week

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This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Vote for The Coloradoan's high school Athlete of the Week (Oct. 22-28)