Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Matthew Foley, Amador Valley

Amador Valley baseball player Matthew Foley is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for April 8-13.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Foley had 41.46% of the votes. Foothill lacrosse player AJ Becker took second at 18.03%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Foley helped Amador Valley hand then-No. 1 Granada its first loss of the season, pitching a complete game with five strikeouts in the Dons’ 5-2 victory.

He also had a hit and scored a run in the game.

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.

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