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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 9: Archbishop Mitty's Isaiah Cabebe (11) celebrates with Archbishop Mitty's Derek Sangster (10) after Cabebe made the go-ahead 3-point shot against Archbishop Riordan High School late in the fourth quarter at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 9: Archbishop Mitty’s Isaiah Cabebe (11) celebrates with Archbishop Mitty’s Derek Sangster (10) after Cabebe made the go-ahead 3-point shot against Archbishop Riordan High School late in the fourth quarter at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Darren Sabedra, high school sports editor/reporter, for his Wordpress profile. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
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Archbishop Mitty basketball played Isaiah Cabebe has been named Bay Area News Group boys high school athlete of the week for Feb. 7-13 after receiving 38.59% of the vote by the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.

Cabebe had 13,077 votes to finish ahead of Andrew Hill basketball player Ezekiel Dop, who was second with 28.07%. De La Salle basketball player Jordan Webster (25.98%) took third.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Cabebe buried a 3-pointer from the corner that propelled Mitty, playing at home in San Jose, to a 50-47 victory over Archbishop Riordan that clinched the West Catholic Athletic League championship.

Cabebe, a senior, finished with 10 points.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s honor, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites.

Past winners

Jan. 31-Feb. 6: Ishaan Mantripragada, Harker soccer

Jan. 24-30: Cameron Brown, Bishop O’Dowd basketball

Jan. 17-23: Trey Knight, Moreau Catholic basketball

Jan. 10-16: Jacob Kuverji, Leland basketball

Jan. 3-9: Marlow Buettner, Berkeley soccer

Dec. 13-19: Derek Sangster, Archbishop Mitty basketball

Dec. 6-12: Petelo Gi, Serra football

Nov. 29-Dec. 5: Roland Legaspi, Piedmont Hills soccer

Nov. 22-28: Ivan Nisa, Aragon football

Nov. 15-21: Guardian Harper, Benicia football

Nov. 8-14: Carsten Peters, De La Salle water polo

Nov. 1-7: John Pelletier, Northgate football

Oct. 25-31: Nate Escalada, Bellarmine football

Oct. 18-24: Patrick Aiello, Heritage water polo

Oct. 11-17: Liam Smith, Hillsdale football

Oct. 4-10: Jayden Hall, Cupertino football

Sept. 27-Oct. 3: Filippi Montes, Gunn football

Sept. 20-26: Anthony Armendariz, Dublin football

Sept. 13-19: Kevin Green, Gunn football

Sept. 6-12: Tayden Phillips, Lincoln football

Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Jake Calcagno, California football

Aug. 23-28: Robbie Mascheroni, Campolindo football