Readers voted El Diamante track and field star Brooklyn Bawanan as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County high school athlete of the week.
In an online poll that closed on May 15, Bawanan received 1,989 votes, or a 67.95% majority, of the 2,927 responses.
Bawanan claimed the East Yosemite League individual championships in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles.
Here’s a look at this school year’s past winners:
Original: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes.
The poll closes at noon Friday, May 15. There are no restrictions, so vote now and vote often. Please do not email your votes.
Here are the choices for the week of May 12-15:
How to nominate an Athlete of the Week
Nominations are based on information available to the Times-Delta.
All high school varsity players from Tulare County can be on the ballot. Nominations must be received by Monday morning following that week’s games for consideration.
Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Vongni Yang at vyang2@visaliatimesdelta.com. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.
This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: El Diamante’s Brooklyn Bawanan voted athlete of the week
Reporting by Vongni Yang, Visalia Times-Delta / Visalia Times-Delta
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