Tulia baseball player David Abeyta was voted the Happy State Bank Boys High School Athlete of the Week for April 27-May 2.
Abeyta hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to help the Hornets rally to sweep Dimmitt with a 7-5 win in Game 2 of a bi-district series. He was 2 for 4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs in the win.
He received 13,167 of the 30,597 votes cast for Athlete of the Week, which was 43% of total votes.
Meanwhile, McLean track standout Gracee Henderson was voted the Happy State Bank Girls High School Athletes of the Week.
Henderson won the 400 and 800 at the Region I-1A meet to qualify for the UIL State meet in both events.
Shr received 10,662 of the 30,597 votes cast for Athlete of the Week, which was 34.9% of total votes.
Students in all varsity sports are eligible and can only be named Athlete of the Week one time per season, per sport, and athletes from one school cannot win more than three consecutive weeks.
Nominations are due by 5 p.m. each Saturday and can be submitted through email at sports@amarillo.com.
Please include statistics from the week’s games and any pertinent information or honors. Voting runs through Thursday each week.
Submit nominees, with stats, honors and accolades from the previous week by Saturday each week to sports@amarillo.com
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: See who won Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week vote
Reporting by Quinton Martinez, Amarillo Globe-News / Amarillo Globe-News
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