Oaks Christian baseball RHP Joseph Steventon voted SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Oaks Christian baseball RHP Joseph Steventon for being voted SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for May 16-22!

The junior threw a complete game on Saturday to help the Lions beat La Quinta 1-0 in the Southern Section Division 3 championship game.

Steventon received 56.5% of the vote, beating out Temple City's Kassandra Gewecke who finished second with 39.97%. There were over 10,000 votes tallied this week!

We are currently accepting Southern California Athlete of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sbliveca.

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Here are the other athletes who were nominated for the week of May 16-22:

Jillian Albayati, Anaheim baseball: Albayati became the first girl to pitch in a Southern Section championship game on Saturday. She allowed one run over nine innings on the mound against Estancia.

Rodrick Pleasant, Serra track and field: Pleasant ran a 10.14 in the 100 meter dash at the Southern Section Masters Meet, setting a new state record.

Gunnar Nichols, Burroughs baseball: Nichols struck out ten batters from Moreno Valley and tossed a complete game in Friday's 1-0 victory in Division 5 Southern Section championship game.

Coleton Dahl, Tesoro baseball: Dahl threw six shutout innings, striking out 11 batters in Saturday's win over Fullerton in the Southern Section Division 4 championship game.

Zach Small, Oceanside baseball: Small threw a no-hitter, striking out 12 batters in Friday's playoff win over Valley Center.

Alex Seiff, Scripps Ranch baseball: Seiff went 4-4 with a double, home runs and seven runs batted in against Westview on Tuesday.

Peter Knorr, Carlsbad baseball: Knorr was 3-4 with a home run and three runs batted in against Point Loma in Tuesday's play-in game.

Nico Newhan, Maranatha Christian baseball: Newhan had seven hits including two home runs to help the Eagles capture three playoff wins last week.

Johnny Luetzow, La Jolla Country Day baseball: Luetzow went 3-3 with a home run, double, stolen base and five runs batted in against Southwest El Centro.

Devon Carr, Kearny baseball: Carr went 4-5 with a double, triple, and three runs batted in against Bayfront Charter in Monday's play-in game.

Charlie Mirer, Cathedral Catholic baseball: Mirer hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the 13th inning on Saturday to help the Dons take down Poway, 6-4.

Jordan Mahan, Mar Vista baseball: Mahan had six hits including a home run to help the Mariners go 3-0 in the playoffs last week.

Hugo Tafoya, Southwest El Centro baseball: Tafoya tossed a complete game shutout in Monday's play-in game against Coronado, striking out 11 batters.

Kassandra Gewecke, Temple City softball: Gewecke tossed a complete game and had an RBI single on Friday's win over Moorpark for the Southern Section Division 4 championship.

Alondra Dominguez, Kennedy softball: Dominguez had two doubles and a home run in Tuesday's 9-3 win over Carson.

Camryn Fritz, El Camino Real softball: Fritz had a single double, triple and three runs batted in against San Pedro last week.

Rayne Corona, Chavez softball: Corona hit two home runs in Tuesday's 4-2 win over San Fernando.

Geneva Molina, Bishop Union softball: Molina had a triple and a home run in Wednesday's 5-4 win over Golden Valley.

Priscila Ortiz, Farmersville softball: Ortiz had five hits and a walk in Wednesday's 17-8 victory over Lone Pine.