Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Daniel Weiland, Bishop O’Dowd golf

Bishop O’Dowd golfer Daniel Weiland is the boys athlete of the week for Feb. 24-March 1.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Weiland finished with 30.74% of the votes. St. Patrick-St. Vincent basketball player Ronald Rhymes took second with 28.98%.

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

Weiland shot a tournament low 3-under 67 to take first place at the Cowboys Classic held at The Course at Wente Vineyards in Livermore.

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.

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.