Vote now: Who should be this week’s SBLive Texas High School Athlete of the Week (Mar. 21-27)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Texas High School Athlete of the Week for Mar. 21-27 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 Monday, Apr. 4. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivetx.
THIS WEEK’S SBLIVE TEXAS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:
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Braeden Brown, Sinton baseball: The Sam Houston State commit pitched five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and allowed just one hit in a shutout 10-0 victory against Robstown.
Aidan Jakobsohn, Ingleside baseball: Jakobsohn struck out eight and allowed just three hits over 10 2/3 innings in a 4-3 win over Corpus Christi Miller.
Ty Zakradnik, Keller baseball: The junior pitcher earned the win on the mound after throwing three innings in relief duty with three strikeouts, walked one, and allowed no runs on one hit against Southlake Carroll.
Chris Soliz, Robstown baseball: Soliz pitched a complete game with just six hits allowed and two runs in a 7-2 victory over Tuloso-Midway.
Brittain Urbaniak, Paschal baseball: Urbaniak went 6-for-8 at the plate with a home run, a triple, four RBIs, five runs scored, and had two stolen bases across a two-game span.
Parker Hutyra, Birdville baseball: The junior pitcher struck out 20 batters (school record) against Denton Ryan.
Ethan Hodges, Creekview baseball: Hodges had two home runs, a double, and six RBIs against Conrad.
Nate Johnson, Keller boys soccer: Johnson scored the game-winning goal in overtime against North Crowley.
Shelby Derzapf, Collinsville softball: The sophomore went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs and had a dominant performance in the circle to help lead the Pirates to a blowout 17-2 victory in three innings against the Alvord Bulldogs.
Emma Hoang, Flower Mound girls soccer: Hoang scored the game-winning goal against Prosper in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
Alyzza Campos, Laredo LBJ softball: Campos went 2-for-3 at the plate - including a solo home run and recorded the win in the circle with four strikeouts against Laredo Alexander.
Madison Sorrell, Benbrook girls track & field: The senior won the gold in discus throwing 130’ 6” (PR) and won bronze in shot put at the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays.
Ainsley Pemberton, Rockwall softball: The sophomore pitcher threw her first perfect game of the year with 14 strikeouts against Mesquite Horn.
Alexis Miller, Eaton girls soccer: Miller scored two goals and had a pair of assists against Paschal.
Ainslee Douglass, Timber Creek girls soccer: Douglass recorded the shutout and had 13 saves in a 1-0 playoff win over Bell.
Maya Bland, Argyle softball: Bland hit three home runs in a dominant 12-2 win against Ursuline.
