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VOTE | First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week poll for Jacksonville: January 29

First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week [Florida Times-Union]
First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week [Florida Times-Union]

The results are in.

Wolfson senior Natalie Hall is the Florida Times-Union's latest First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week for the 2023-24 high school sports season, covering the week of Jan. 15-20 in the Jacksonville area.

The Wolfpack midfielder scored seven goals and six assists during the week as Wolfson beat Baldwin, Englewood and Bishop Kenny to conclude the regular season in girls soccer.

For the season, she has scored 12 goals and 11 assists while leading the Wolfpack to the No. 2 seed in District 3-3A, and she signed in November to play college soccer at Montreat.

She placed first in a vote of top Northeast Florida performers that included Skyla Fisher (Middleburg girls wrestling), Ansley Hicks (Paxon girls basketball), Evan Miriello (Nease boys soccer), Cole O'Brien (Fletcher boys wrestling) and Somourian Wingo (St. Augustine boys basketball).

This week's vote

Wolfson girls soccer midfielder Natalie Hall is the First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week.
Wolfson girls soccer midfielder Natalie Hall is the First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week.

It's time to vote for Florida Times-Union's next First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 22-27, 2023.

The Times-Union gathers nominees from scores, stats and nominations e-mailed to the sports desk during the week by coaches across Northeast Florida. Coaches can e-mail these stats and scores to preps@jacksonville.com.

This week's voting begins Monday morning and closes at 10 a.m. Thursday. Votes are restricted to once per device per hour. Vote at jacksonville.com/sports.

To see the poll, click here.

Here are the nominees from Jan. 22-27:

Josue Alvarado, Ed White boys soccer

The junior midfielder scored twice to lead the Commanders' 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Paxon in the District 4-4A tournament.

Kailani Barrientos, Oakleaf girls wrestling

The sophomore won all three of her matches by fall to win the 135-pound division at the Lady Rams Tournament of Champions in Lake Mary.

Jeffrey Brown, Parker boys wrestling

The senior won all three of his matches, one by fall and one by technical fall, in the 157-pound division at the Stanton Invitational.

First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week [Florida Times-Union]
First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week [Florida Times-Union]

Ronald Durham, Jackson boys basketball

The senior forward led the Tigers to their fifth Gateway Conference championship in the last seven years, including the game-winning shot in the semifinal against Ribault.

Kendall Kane, Beachside girls basketball

The junior recorded 34 points and nine rebounds in victories against Episcopal and Sandalwood, extending the Barracudas' winning streak to 13 games.

Sakiya Merriex, Columbia girls weightlifting

The junior won the District 3-2A championship in both the traditional and Olympic categories for the 101-pound class, with lift totals of 215 (traditional) and 205 (Olympic).

Kiersten Shaw, Keystone Heights girls soccer

The junior scored five goals and three assists during Keystone's District 4-3A tournament victories against Fort White and Williston.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week poll, January 29