Hoover girls track and field star Laurin Mack voted SBLive’s Alabama High School Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to Hoover girls track and field star Laurin Mack for being voted SBLive’s Alabama High School Athlete of the Week for May 2-8!
The sophomore placed fourth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 35'6 at the 7A state meet. The Hoover girls track and field team also won a team state title in 7A.
Mack received 42.17% of the vote, beating out Winston County's Tyden Steele who finished second with 28.68%. Hewitt-Trussville's Sara Phillips finished third with 14.87% and Chelsea's Abby Hibbs finished fourth with 5.61%. There were over 66,000 votes tallied this week!
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Here are the other athletes who were nominated for May 2-8:
Abby Hibbs, Chelsea softball: Hibbs went 7-for-10 in the area tournament with two doubles, six RBIs, and six runs scored. Including going a perfect 5-for-5 in the championship game against Mountain Brook.
Emily White, Westminster at Oak Mountain girls soccer: White scored the game-winning goal in the final three minutes of the game against Bayside Academy, to lift the Lady Knights to the Class 1A-3A Final Four.
Sara Phillips, Hewitt-Trussville softball: Phillips hit a walk-off home run to lift Hewitt-Trussville past Spain Park, 5-4, to claim the 7A Area 6 championship.
Emily Simon, Athens softball: Simon tossed a gem in the circle with four strikeouts and two hits allowed in six innings pitched in Athens' 11-1 win over Buckhorn in the area tournament. She also went 2-for-2 at the plate with a grand slam and six RBIs to lead Athens to a Class 6A Area 16 title over Hazel Green.
KJ Godwin, Pelham boys soccer: Godwin had six saves in the net in Pelham's 3-1 win in the 6A quarterfinals - advancing to the Final Four for the third year in a row.
Jay Avery, Hoover boys track and field: Avery won an individual state title and broke the school record in the Triple Jump with a jump of 49'1. The Hoover boys track and field team also took home a 7A state title.
Porter Speegle, Vestavia Hills boys track and field: Speegle landed a season-best in the shot put with a mark of 47'03 to finish seventh place and secure all-state at the state meet.
Tristan Wisner, Hartselle boys golf: Wisner captured low medalist with a score of 68 at the Class 6A North Sub-State tournament to earn an individual berth in the state tournament.
Jacob Fox, Shelby County baseball: Fox tossed a complete-game with 10 strikeouts and only allowed one unearned run on five hits in a 2-1 game two Elite Eight series win over Headland.
Tyden Steele, Winston County boys golf: The seventh-grader was the low medalist with a score of 72 at North Sub-State, and also placed first at the Northwest Sectional tournament earning a berth to the high school state tournament.
