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Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Waylon Walsh, Archbishop Mitty

Mitty’s Waylon Walsh drove in six runs in his team’s 12-1 win over Burlingame

Archbishop Mitty’s Waylon Walsh (23) tosses the ball to second for the final play of the game against Valley Christian in the seventh inning during a CCS playoff game at the Excite Ballpark in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Nathan Canilao is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter
By | Bay Area News Group

Prospect baseball player Waylon Walsh is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for May 13-18.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Walsh finished with 40.74% of the votes. Leigh volleyball player Cooper Smith was second at 22.13%.

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

Walsh was 3 for 3 and had six RBIs in Mitty’s 12-1 win over Burlingame in the Monarchs’ first round Central Coast Section Division I game. Walsh is batting .389 and has 19 RBIs this season.

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.