Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Amani LaMere-Swift, Archbishop Mitty basketball

Archbishop Mitty basketball player Amani LaMere-Swift is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Sept. 12-17.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Leonard finished with 50.1% of the votes. Monte Vista basketball player Ian Desai took second with 40.2%.

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

LaMere-Swift had 16 points as Mitty defeated Bellarmine 66-47 on the road in a WCAL 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.

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 East Bay Times sports sections.