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VOTE: First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week for Jacksonville: Feb. 12, 2024

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.

Mandarin senior Luke Renne 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. 29-Feb. 3 in the Jacksonville area.

The senior defender scored both goals in the semifinal and the go-ahead goal in the final to lead Mandarin to the District 1-7A boys soccer championship.

He placed first in a vote of top Northeast Florida performers that included Skyla Fisher (Middleburg girls wrestling), Ali Fletcher (Bartram Trail girls soccer), Enzo Gamba (Fernandina Beach boys wrestling), Emma Heck (Clay girls weightlifting), Kent Jackson (Episcopal boys basketball) and Jayda Parker (Eagle's View girls basketball).

This week's vote

Mandarin senior defender Luke Renne is pictured after the FHSAA District 1-7A boys soccer championship against Creekside on January 31, 2024. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]
Mandarin senior defender Luke Renne is pictured after the FHSAA District 1-7A boys soccer championship against Creekside on January 31, 2024. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union]

It's time to vote for Florida Times-Union's next First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 5-11, 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 Feb. 5-11:

Clare Coyle, Bishop Kenny girls basketball

The senior forward scored 19 points in each of her District 4-4A games against Wolfson and Bolles, and hit the winning shot at the buzzer to clinch the district championship.

Ella-Jane Eddy, Episcopal girls tennis

The junior won all of her matches at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in the Eagles' opening-week sweeps of Bishop Kenny and Bishop Snyder.

Kyle Jackson, St. Joseph boys soccer

The junior forward scored in both Class 2A regional playoff games as the Flashes won 2-0 against Harvest Community and 1-0 against Christ's Church.

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

Layah Mixon, Westside girls wrestling

The senior won both of her contests by fall to win the 125-pound division in the District 2 championship meet.

David Sanchez Barrera, Ponte Vedra boys basketball

The junior guard set a school single-game record with 14 assists against Beachside and scored a team-high 20 points in the District 3-6A championship victory over Oakleaf.

Sydney Schmidt, St. Johns Country Day girls soccer

The sophomore scored two goals in the Class 2A first round against St. Joseph and three against University Christian, extending her scoring streak to seven games with 14 goals in that span.

Michael Zhang, Bolles boys tennis

The sophomore won his matches at No. 1 singles and doubles, leading the Bulldogs in their opening-week victories against Bartram Trail and Creekside.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: First Florida Credit Union Athlete of the Week poll, Feb. 12, 2024