Elijah Garcia of Century voted the WaFd Bank Oregon High School Boys Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to Century’s Elijah Garcia for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Oregon Boys Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 3-9.
Garcia, a senior running back on the Century football team, rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries for the Jaguars in their 26-23 loss to Glencoe in a Pacific Conference game at Hare Field in Hillsboro.
Garcia received 53.24% of the vote, beating out Carlos Vega, a junior on the Thurston soccer team, who finished second with 37.56%. Landon Hill, a junior on the Canby soccer team, was third with 5.37% and Samuel Byrne-Amaya, a senior on the Century soccer team, was fourth with 1.77%. There were more than 28,000 votes tallied this week.
We are accepting WaFd Bank Athlete of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email danbrood91@gmail.com.