Willow Glen freshman Alanna Clincy is SBLive's final Northern California Athlete of the Week

California witnessed some remarkable performances all 2022-23 school year by freshmen. Willow Glen ninth-grade softball pitcher Alanna Clincy put a championship bow on a banner season for the Class of 2026. 

Clincy struck out 11 and allowed seven hits to key the Rams' 6-5 win over Notre Dame-Salinas to claim the CIF Northern California Division 2 championship earlier this month. 

The performance capped a superb freshman season that featured an 12-3 record for Clincy and a 1.93 ERA with 185 strikeouts in 112 innings. 

For her performance vs. Notre Dame, she was placed on a top performance list. 

After a two-week vote, she earned a whopping 6,053 tallies (72.7 percent) to earn SBLive Sports Northern California Athlete of the Week award for the week of May 29-June 3. 

Clincy won the final AOW award of the season, beating out 19 other strong candidates, including runnerup Brady Wickum, of Sutter, who had two hits and three RBI in a 10-1 win over Gridley for the NorCal D4 baseball championship. Wickum finished second with 23.5 percent of the vote. 

Here are the 18 other athletes who were nominated for the week of May 29-June 3. 

McKenna Campbell, a senior catcher for Willow Glen's softball team, drilled a double in the bottom of the seventh giving her team a 6-5 walk-off victory over Notre Dame-Salinas in the CIF Northern California Division 2 title game. It was the second double of the game for Campbell, a Miami of Ohio signee.

Chase Gordon, a freshman for St. Ignatius baseball, pitched a six-hitter in a 5-1 semifinal win over Bellarmine en route to a CIF Northern California Division 2 baseball title.

Adrian Garcia, a pitcher for Central Catholic-Modesto's baseball team, struck out 11 and gave up just three hits in six innings during his team's 5-2 win over Oakmond-Roseville for the CIF Northern California Division 3 baseball title win.

Tanner Griffith, a senior for De La Salle baseball, had four hits, scored four runs and drove in four with two doubles, a triple and home run in three wins to secure a second consecutive CIF Northern California Division 1 championship.

Finean Hunter-Kenney, a junior pitcher for the Lowell baseball team, pitched a 2-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a 3-0 CIF Northern California Division first-round win over Skyline. He then came in relief and pitched the final three innings of a 4-0 title-clinching win over University.

Archie Horn, a freshman pitcher for St. Ignatius, gave up just one hit and struck out three in five innings leading the Wildcats to a 3-0 win over Casa Grande-Petaluma for the CIF Division 2 Northern California title.

Jack Jerge, a golfer at De La Salle, shot a four-under-par round of 67 to help the Spartans to their second straight and third overall state title by shooting a 9-under team round of 346 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach. De La Salle defeated runner-up Torrey Pines by 10 strokes.

Joshua Kim, a golfer for De La Salle-Concord, shot a 5-under-par round of 66 to lead the Spartans to their second straight CIF state championship and third overall with a sparkling team score of 9-under par 346 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.

Sophia Mariottini, a softball player for Hollister, not only scored the game-winning run but allowed no runs in nine innings in her team's 1-0 win over Saint Francis for the CIF Northern California Division 1 title. She gave up just two hits in the title game and finished 28-2 on the season with a 1.59 ERA. She also hit .414, which ranked third on the team.

Hailey Nguyen, a pitcher for Live Oak, struck out 10 in five frames to pick up the win in a 13-3 decision over North Salinas for the CIF Northern California Division 5 championship.

Kate Munnerlyn, a junior pitcher for Saint Francis, allowed just four hits over nine innings with 11 strikeouts and no earned runs in a 1-0 loss to Hollister in the CIF Northern California D1 title game. Earlier in the week she was the winning pitcher in wins over San Ramon Valley (10-0) and Central-Fresno (1-0). She finished 16-3 on the season with a 0.55 ERA.

Bela Panuco, a senior softball player at Live Oak, had two hits and three RBI in her team's 13-3 win over North Salinas for the CIF Northern California Division 5 championship. For the season, Panuco hit .417 with 145 hits, 11 RBI and three home runs.

Luke Powell, a gofer at Capistrano Valley Christian, was the medalist at the CIF State Golf Championships May 31 by shooting a 7-under round of 64 at the famed Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.

Randi Roeling, a senior pitcher for Central Catholic-Modesto, led her team to a CIF Northern California Division 3 title by throwing a no-hitter with nine strikeouts in a 7-0 victory at top-seed Ponderosa-Shingle Springs. Roeling finished 21-3 on the season with 0.59 ERA while leading the state with 375 strikeouts in 178.2 innings. She struck out a combined 33 in two previous wins in the playoffs.

Jeremy Tam, a senior for Lowell's baseball team, made his starting pitching debut and hurled four scoreless innings, leading the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over host University-San Francisco in the CIF Northern California Division 5 title game. Tam also had two hits.

Braxton Thomas, a senior baseball player for Central Catholic, helped lead his team to a CIF Northern California Division 3 championship. In a first-round 10-4 win over Colusa, he went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer and six RBI.

Hank Tripaldi, a junior third baseman for De La Salle's baseball team, went 3 for 6 with two homers and six RBI in a wild and emotional 11-8 win at Valley Christian for the CIF Northern California Division 1 title game. Tripaldi hit a grand slam with two out in the seventh inning wiping out an 8-7 deficit and capping a six-run rally. He hit it for his late mother Robin who passed in April due to breast cancer.

Ayla Tuufa, a freshman pitcher for Capital Christian-Sacramento, threw a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 6-1 win over Orestimba for the CIF Northern California Division 4 championship. Tuufa also had a double and triple at the plate and two RBI.

Logan Yacavace, a standout on the Sutter baseball team, pitched a five-hitter with six strikeouts in a 10-1 win over Gridley for the CIF Northern California Division 4 baseball championship. Yacavace also had two RBI at the plate.