Bay Area News Group athlete of the week: Ashley Saban, Leigh basketball
Leigh basketball player Ashley Saban is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Jan. 5-10.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Saban finished with 62.6% of the votes. Alameda basketball player Jennalyn Apodaca took second at 30.6%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Saban scored 22 points against The King’s Academy, 25 against Lynbrook and 23 in a win over Del Mar as Leigh went 3-0 last week. Across the three games, Saban averaged more than 23 points, three steals and three assists per game.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.