Leigh water polo player Owen Neitzel is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 10-15 after he received 47.53% of the vote at the deadline Wednesday.
Foothill water polo player Cameron Jones (38.47%) finished second and Woodside football player Mattia Longo placed third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
In four matches during the week — three wins, one loss — Neitzel led Leigh with 31 goals and nine assists. The Longhorns reached the final at the Harbor High School tournament.
Among stats reported to MaxPreps, Neitzel, a senior, began this week leading the Central Coast Section with 162 points (137 goals, 25 assists).
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
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 and, starting Sept. 30, in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
Past winners
Oct. 3-8: Salvador Espinoza, Lincoln-San Jose football
Sept. 26-Oct. 1: Antonio Arenas, El Camino football
Sept. 19-24: Nic Austen, College Park water polo
Sept. 12-17: John Ben Pau Mendoza, San Ramon Valley football
Sept. 5-10: Luke Baker, San Ramon Valley football
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo
Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo
