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Vote now: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (May 29 - June 4)?

For the last time of the 2022-23 school year: vote as many times as you'd like for your favorite candidates(s)

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for May 29 - June 4 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:

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.

Robert Barrera, Bloomington baseball: Barrera had a single, double, triple and scored two runs in Tuesday's 6-3 regional playoff win over Lincoln.

Tanyon Smith, Fallbrook baseball: Smith had two doubles and drove in a run during Tuesday's 3-2 win over Peninsula.

James Theodore, La Costa Canyon baseball: Theodore had six hits and drove in four runs over a three-game span for the Mavericks in last week's regional playoffs.

Matt Pueschel, La Costa Canyon baseball: Pueschel went 4-4, driving in two runs while scoring three runs in Thursday's playoff win over Eastlake.

Salvatore Gagliano, Patrick Henry baseball: Gagliano had two hits, a walk and drove in a run during Tuesday's win over La Serna.

Josh Hixson, Santana baseball: Hixson hit a grand slam in Tuesday's 11-8 win over Aquinas.

Tyler Shulman, Calabasas baseball: Shulman drove in the only run of the game in Saturday's regional playoff championship victory over Santana.

Kevin Takeuchi, Rancho Bernardo baseball: Takeuchi had a single, a double and hit his 13th home run of the season in Tuesday's win at Corona.

Tyler Arnold, Rancho Bernardo baseball: Arnold hit a grand slam in Tuesday's 8-3 win against Corona.

Jeremiah Vargas, Eastlake baseball: Vargas hit a walk-off solo home run to help the Titans beat Orange Lutheran 2-1 on Tuesday.

Drew Rutter, Santa Margarita baseball: Rutter hit a walk-off RBI single on Tuesday to lead the Eagles past Carlsbad 4-3.

Zach Fjelstad, Santa Margarita baseball: Fjelstad hit a two-run home run in Thursday's 2-0 regional playoff semifinal victory over Rancho Bernardo.

Kamryn Walker, Holtville softball: Walker had three hits including a triple in Tuesday's 9-3 win over Ganesha.

Hannah Johnson, Imperial softball: Johnson had a single, a double, a triple, a stolen base and scored two runs in Tuesday's 8-5 win over JW North.

Audrina Burnett, Madison softball: Burnett pitched five shutout innings and also went 4-5 with a double, a home run and drove in five runs against Huntington Park.

Lilia Alpuche, Mater Dei Catholic softball: Alpuche had three hits and drove in two runs in Tuesday's 10-0 win over Irvine.

Emily Delgado, Santiago softball: Delgado tossed a three-hit shutout against Carlsbad and also had two hits in the 4-0 victory.

Anahi Arreola, Oaks Christian softball: Arreola had four hits including her 20th home run of the season in Thursday's 8-0 win over Rancho Bernardo.

Mia Cardenas, Santa Paula softball: Cardenas had three hits and drove in two runs during Thursday's 5-2 win over Imperial.

Abby Solis, Otay Ranch softball: Solis had three hits including a triple and drove in a run during Thursday's 11-3 win over Carson.

Kylee Frazier, El Capitan softball: Frazier had two hits, a walk and drove in two runs in Friday's 5-1 win over Capistrano Valley.