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Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Miley Gradney, Alameda softball

Gradney scored a go-ahead RBI double in Alameda’s 5-3 win over Bishop O’Dowd

Alameda’s Mia Wong (26) high-fives Miley Gradney (22) after she scored in their 5-3 win over Bishop O’Dowd High in the 10th inning of a NCS playoff game at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, May 17, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Nathan Canilao is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter
By | Bay Area News Group

Alameda softball player Miley Gradney is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for May 13-18.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Gradney had 41.57% of the vote to finish ahead of Taylor Oden, an Archbishop Mitty track and field athlete who took second at 32.58%.

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

Gradney, a freshman, came up big in Alameda’s North Coast Section Division II quarterfinals win over Bishop O’Dowd. She tied the game with a bases-loaded walk, and then gave the Hornets a lead they would not relinquish when she doubled in a run in the 10th inning.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday 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 in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.