Dublin softball player Kensington Abrew is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for April 1-6.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Abrew finished with 37.02% of the votes. Los Gatos softball player Ava Norquist was second at 29.99%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Abrew, a junior, gave Dublin a 1-0 walk-off victory over Gregori-Modesto when she hit the first home run of her career in the bottom of the seventh inning. The catcher ended the week with a .417 batting average on the season.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
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Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
