Lincoln-San Jose baseball player Daniel Saavedra is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for April 22-27.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Saavedra collected 40.68% of the votes to place ahead of Mt. Eden baseball player Cristian Alvarenga, the runner-up. Alvarenga finished at 35.48%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Saavedra had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs in Lincoln’s 11-8 win over Piedmont Hills. The junior began this week batting .409 for a team that was 18-3 overall and 12-2 in its league.
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.
