Lake Dallas softball C/1B Shelby Nelson voted SBLive’s Texas High School Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to Lake Dallas softball C/1B Shelby Nelson for being voted SBLive’s Texas High School Athlete of the Week for April 11-17!
The University of Central Oklahoma commit went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with seven RBIs and two home runs in a 20-13 win over Denton Ryan.
Nelson ran away with this week's honor, receiving 94.18% of the total vote.
If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivetx.
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Here are the other athletes who were nominated for April 11-17:
Kaden McCoy, Sinton baseball: McCoy roped a key two-run triple to help Sinton to a 4-2 victory over London in a battle of top-ranked Texas high school baseball teams.
Adam Schantz, Lake Travis boys soccer: The sophomore goalkeeper had two huge penalty kick saves to help Lake Travis claim the 6A state title over Plano. With the victory, the Cavaliers secure the first state championship in program history.
William Heidman, Frisco Wakeland boys soccer: The 5A state championship game MVP scored a goal to help the Wolverines repeat as 5A state champions - defeating Dripping Springs 3-0.
Jack Livingstone, Lovejoy baseball: The Texas Tech commit tossed his second consecutive no-hitter and struck out 11 batters in a 10-0 victory over Wylie East.
Kyndall Cassidy, Burleson baseball: Cassidy tossed a no-hitter and struck out 17 batters in a 5-0 win against Mansfield Summit.
Collin Poindexter, Joshua baseball: Poindexter struck out six batters and did not allow a hit in three innings pitched against University.
Kennedy Fuller, Southlake Carroll girls soccer: The state championship game MVP had a hat-trick (three goals) to lead the Lady Dragons to a 4-0 6A state title victory against Rockwall.
Taylor Zdrojewski, Celina girls soccer: The 4A state championship game MVP scored two goals, an assist, and converted a penalty kick in the Lady Bobcats' 5-3 state title shootout win against Midlothian Heritage.
Cori Cochran, Frisco Wakeland girls soccer: Inside the final 10 minutes of regulation, the 5A state championship game MVP scored two goals in a four-minute span to tie up the match. Wakeland went on to defeat Grapevine, 3-2, in overtime to claim the 5A state title.
Caydance Gaddis, McKinney softball: Gaddis threw a complete-game shutout while allowing four hits and striking out eight batters in a win against Braswell.
Kaiya Fabela, Keller softball: Fabela hit a home run and had a team-high four RBIs in a shutout 15-0 win against Fossil Ridge.
