Entering the final week of the spring sports season, we have a select group of Florida Power & Light Athlete of the Week nominees following South Walton baseball’s state championship and Niceville softball’s regional title.
Who’ll join a lauded list of past winners that includes Niceville’s Charlie Perkins, Ryder Hodgkinson, Shelby Plasier, Chloe Bailey, CJ Bolden, Delaney Diehl, Abbey Kuritz, Camrin Pearson, Teray Geiger and Jakobe Gilyard; Fort Walton Beach’s Izzy Douglas, Breanna Williams, Macy Borgen, Eric Stouder, Brian Velazquez, Sawyer Downs and Diandre Mayes; Choctaw’s Blake Peters, Carter and Jack Marracco, Camry Johnson, Tamen Zabetakis and Jordan Figueroa; South Walton’s AK Wickman, Connor Rooney and Maci Jones; Paxton’s Wade Borgesen, Cade Stewart and Kenzie Lassiter; Navarre’s Maleeya Brammer; Walton’s Kaden Fuentes and Whitton West; Baker’s Wyatt Straight; and Freeport’s Emily Doi? That’s for you to decide.
Voting runs through noon Saturday. So vote now, vote often.
Athlete of the Week Nominees
Chloe Bailey, Niceville: Covered in hives after an allergic reaction and forced to pitch on no days rest, Bailey gutted out eight innings in an extra-inning 5-4 win over Chiles to send Niceville to the Final 4. The junior struck out seven and allowed four runs on eight hits and a pair of walks to earn the win.
Parker Granse, South Walton: A day after earning a six-out save against Miami Springs in the 3A state semifinal, Granse earned the win in the state title game by stranding the bases loaded in the seventh innings.
Sydney Hann, Niceville: The freshman delivered back-to-back nights to send the Eagles to the Final 4, belting an opposite field home run in the region semifinals and then walking it off with an RBI double to right-center in the region championship.
Hudson Quinn, South Walton: With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning of the 3A state championship game, the senior delivered a suicide squeeze to score Declan Fowler and give South Walton baseball its first-ever state title.
This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: Vote for the Florida Power & Light Athlete of the Week
Reporting by Seth Stringer, Northwest Florida Daily News / Northwest Florida Daily News
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