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Vote now: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (May 1-7)?

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Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for May 1-7 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 Monday at 11:59 p.m and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday. 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:

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

Jack Rasado, Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary baseball: Rasado had three hits, a walk, three runs and two runs batted in against Hawthorne on Tuesday.

Dean Carpentier, Huntington Beach baseball: Carpentier had two hits including a double and drove in two runs against Warren in Wednesday's 3-2 victory.

Derek Curiel, Orange Lutheran baseball: Curiel went 3-4 with a walk, a run batted in and a stolen base in Wednesday's playoff win against Arlington.

Jared Brunk, Bonita baseball: Brunk went 3-5 with a double and two runs batted in against Arcadia.

Tyler Barsness, Palm Desert baseball: Barsness had two hits including a walk-off single to help the Aztecs beat Segerstrom in round one of the Southern Section playoffs on Thursday.

Gavin Grahovac, Villa Park baseball: Grahovac hit his fifth home run of the season in Thursday's shutout win against Damien.

Alex Umland, Windward baseball: Umland tossed a no-hitter, striking out 11 batters in Thursday's 1-0 playoff win against Hillcrest.

Colin Brown, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame baseball: Brown had two hits and drove in the only run during Thursday's 1-0 win over Hart.

Austen Roellig, Etiwanda baseball: Roellig had a three-run double in Thursday's 5-2 playoff win against Capistrano Valley.

Christopher Arce, Crespi baseball: Arce went 4-4 with two runs batted in during Friday's 9-0 win against Grace Brethren.

Chandler Henry, Granite Hills baseball: Henry threw a complete game shutout against Grossmont, striking out 10 batters in Tuesday's 2-0 win over Grossmont.

Henry Gibson, Carlsbad baseball: Gibson had a .600 on-base percentage last week, finishing with two home runs, two doubles and four runs batted in.

Kevin Takeuchi, Rancho Bernardo baseball: Takeuchi has a hit in eight straight games and hit three home runs in last week's series against Poway.

Isaiah Lane, Eastlake baseball: Lane had a .615 on-base percentage last week, finishing with a triple, a double, four walks and seven runs batted in.

Van Coughlin, La Jolla Country Day baseball: Coughlin hit his sixth and seventh home runs of the season during last week's series against Francis Parker.

Eva Hurtado, JSerra softball: Hurtado tossed a no-hitter in Thursday's 8-0 win over Warren.

Emily McCoskey, Diamond Ranch softball: McCoskey threw a four-hitter and hit a three-run home run in last week's 4-1 playoff win over Arlington.

Aria Phruksukarn, Mira Mesa softball: Phruksukarn had four hits including two doubles and a home run and drove in five runs during Monday's win over Morse.

Paige Wilson, Carlsbad softball: Wilson threw a one-hitter, striking out eight batters in Monday's 4-0 win over San Pasqual.

Jazmin Williams, Steele Canyon softball: Williams had two home runs and a double and drove in six runs during Monday's 12-10 win over Grossmont.

Cadyn Ruffer, Valhalla softball: Ruffer went 3-3 with a double and a walk during Monday's 4-2 win over Clairemont.