Oleksa, Ritchey voted Daily American Somerset County Athlete of the Week for May 6-11
Windber baseball player Lucas Oleksa was voted Daily American Somerset County Male Athlete of the Week while Berlin Brothersvalley softball player Elena Ritchey was selected Female Athlete of the Week for their efforts May 6-11.
Oleksa hit a 3-run home run and delivered four RBIs in a win over Ferndale.
Meanwhile, Ritchey allowed three earned runs on six hits and struck out 12 in a complete game 5-4, 9-inning win over Shade. She added a hit and an RBI.
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Each Monday, the Daily American will select nominees for Female and Male Athlete of the Week in Somerset County for the spring sports season.
We will post the polls each Monday at 5 p.m., and voters will have through Wednesday at 5 p.m. to vote. Votes are limited to one per IP address or computer network.
Last week's results Griffith, Thomas voted Somerset County Athlete of the Week for April 29 to May 4
Athletes can be nominated via email to sports@dailyamerican.com. Please include details of their achievements for that week only, including any notable statistics or results. All email submissions will be considered but not necessarily selected as a nominee.
The winners will be featured in the Top Performers feature in the following Tuesday's Daily American print edition.
This week's two polls are below:
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