VOTE: The News-Press Athlete of the Week presented by Babcock Ranch for May 6-11
Each week, The News-Press staff will select one finalist in each high school sport. Nominees are derived from scores and stats emailed by Lee County’s coaches during the week to sports@news-press.com. Readers can then vote in the online poll to determine who the Athlete of the Week will be.
The poll is posted at news-press.com each Monday, and voting will end at 10 a.m. Thursday each week.
Previously: VOTE: The News-Press Athlete of the Week presented by Babcock Ranch for April 29-May 4
Last week, North Fort Myers softball player Kaliyah Williams won with 53% of the vote.
The winner will be announced on the @newspresssports Instagram page and on Twitter at @nphssports. The winning athlete will receive a shirt courtesy of BSN Sports.
To vote in this week's poll scroll to the bottom of this article or CLICK HERE
Here are the nominees for May 6-11:
Boys track
James Little IV, Bishop Verot
Little took first place in the 110 and 400 hurdles at the Class 2A-Region 3 meet on Tuesday.
Dorian Mallary, Lehigh
Mallary came in first place in the 400 meters at the Class 4A-Region 2 meet on Wednesday.
Girls track
Kayla Hopkins, Dunbar
Hopkins finished first in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Class 3A-Region 3 meet on Wednesday. She also ran a leg on Dunbar's winning 4x100-meter relay.
Giovanna Molloy, North Fort Myers
Molloy was the regional champion in the pole vault at the Class 3A-Region 3 meet on Wednesday.
Baseball
Joey Lawson, Bishop Verot
Lawson got the win on the mound in Wednesday's 8-0 playoff win against Central Clearwater Catholic, striking out eight batters and giving up two hits and no runs. He homered and drove in five runs in the Vikings' two playoff victories last week.
Softball
Karsyn Mootz, ECS
Mootz drove in four runs, hitting a triple and home run in the Sentinels' 17-1 playoff win against Canterbury on Thursday.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: VOTE: The News-Press Athlete of the Week for May 6-11
