Vote now: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (April 3-9)?

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for April 3-9 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday at 11:59 p.m and the winner will be announced the following Monday. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email us at athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sbliveca.

THIS WEEK’S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:

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Miranda De Nava, Riverside Poly softball: De Nava pitched four games for the Bears last week, striking out 25 batters.

Jenica Silvas, Twentynine Palms softball: Silvas struck out 12 batters during five shutout innings against Desert Hot Springs last week.

Kendall Nakano, Norwalk softball: Nakano has multiple hits in four straight games and hit her eighth home run of the season in a 15-0 win against Lynwood.

Jada Villegas, Cajon softball: Villegas pitched 14 innings last week, allowing two earned runs while striking out 19 batters.

Rylee McKoy, Oaks Christian softball: McKoy extended her hitting streak to 16 games last week while hitting her seventh home run of the season.

Stefini Ma'ake, Our Lady of Peace softball: Ma'ake had a combined four home runs over a two-game span last week against Olympian and Canyon Hills.

Sofia Mujica, Granite Hills (El Cajon) softball: Mujica hit two home runs against Bonita Vista and two home runs against Otay Ranch, bringing her career total to 41.

Naomi Shetula, Sage Creek softball: Shetula had five hits and five runs batted in last week in wins over Escondido and Vista.

Hannah Johnson, Imperial softball: Johnson had a double and three stolen bases in last week's win over Yuma Catholic.

Kayla Vaughan, Rancho Bernardo softball: Vaughan had nine strikeouts in 7.2 innings last week in wins over San Marcos and Rancho Buena Vista.

Peyton Rodgers, Torrey Pines baseball: Rodgers struck out six batters during Monday's no-hitter against Christian.

Gabe Camacho, La Costa Canyon baseball: Camacho tossed a six inning no-hitter in Tuesday's 12-0 win against Granite Hills and had a .526 on-base percentage for the week.

Kevin Takeuchi, Rancho Bernardo baseball: Takeuchi was 8-13 last week with three home runs, two doubles and nine runs batted in.

Daniel Mora, Eastlake baseball: Mora had seven hits and six runs batted in during last week's San Diego Lions Tournament.

Jack Circuit, La Jolla Country Day baseball: Circuit had six hits including five doubles and two home runs during last week's Lions Tournament.

Ben Gudoy, Francis Parker baseball: Gudoy hit .500 with three doubles, two home runs and nine runs batted in during last week's 4-0 week at the Lions Tournament.

Connor Sunderland, Fullerton baseball: Sunderland recorded a hit in all three games last week and hit his fifth home run of the season against Sonora on Tuesday.

Derek Turner, Newbury Park baseball: Turner had four stolen bases in Thursday's 7-3 win over Thousand Oaks.

Dalton Chi, Cerritos baseball: Chi stole a combined five bases in two games last week against Glenn.

Nick Williams, La Serna baseball: Williams pitched eight innings across two games last week, striking out 13 batters.