College Park water polo player Mikhail Popov is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Aug. 22-27 after he received 14,385 votes (37.07%) by the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.
Popov edged Overfelt football player Quinton Togia’i, who finished second with 13,396 votes (35.29%).
Pioneer water polo player Loghan Wiseth took third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Popov had a terrific start to his season. In five victories, the sophomore scored 24 goals and handed out 11 assists. He had eight goals and four assists in a 16-8 win over California.
Later, in an 11-8 win over Leland, he had six goals and three assists.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Sept. 5, 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.
Past winners
May 23-29: Jacob Ponce, Dougherty Valley golf
May 16-22: Ben Kin Ho Tsang, Independence track and field
May 9-15: Lucas Dennis, Saratoga baseball
May 2-8: Justin Pretre, Menlo track and field
