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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4:  Valley Christian's Jadyn Patterson (1) dribbles the ball against Archbishop Mitty in the third quarter at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 4: Valley Christian’s Jadyn Patterson (1) dribbles the ball against Archbishop Mitty in the third quarter at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Darren Sabedra, high school sports editor/reporter, for his Wordpress profile. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

With 51.06% of the vote, Valley Christian basketball player Jadyn Patterson has been named Bay Area News Group girls high school athlete of the week for Jan. 31-Feb. 6.

Los Altos basketball player Natalie Holm had 28.10% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday to finish second. Campolindo soccer player Ella Colombini was third.

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

Patterson, a guard, had 13 points, six assists and five steals in a tough loss on the road against third-ranked Archbishop Mitty. Valley Christian led at halftime.

The 5-foot-5 senior has been on varsity all four years and was all-West Catholic Athletic League as a freshman. She is headed for Cal State-Stanislaus.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s honor, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Feb. 14, 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. 24-30: Vienn Sheng, Palo Alto basketball

Jan. 17-23: Amaya Bonner, Bishop O’Dowd basketball

Jan. 10-16: Ally Co, Notre Dame-Belmont basketball

Jan. 3-9: Ximena Heredia, James Lick soccer

Dec. 13-19: Gabrielle Abigor, Berean Christian basketball

Dec. 6-12: Anjali Yella, Harker basketball

Nov. 29-Dec. 5: Samantha Wallace, Piedmont Hills soccer

Nov. 22-28: Haylie Wakayama, Mission San Jose basketball

Nov. 15-21: Kendra MacDonald, Mitty volleyball

Nov. 8-14: Erin Crane, Heritage tennis

Nov. 1-7: Kylie Hoornaert, Prospect cross country

Oct. 25-31: Elsa Horciza, College Park water polo

Oct. 18-24: Tui Saluni, Northgate volleyball

Oct. 11-17: Dania Innis, Miramonte water polo

Oct. 4-10: Marykate Cawicaan, Yerba Buena volleyball

Sept. 27-Oct. 3: Rochelle Mosley, Heritage volleyball

Sept. 20-26: Aubrey Newton, Carondelet water polo

Sept. 13-19: Emma Madden, Burlingame volleyball

Sept. 6-12: Isabella De Leon, Benicia volleyball

Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Lauren Hett, Carondelet water polo

Aug. 23-Aug. 28: Kendall McCallum, Heritage water polo