Bushland track and field standout Jaxon Lawler was voted the Happy State Bank Boys High School Athlete of the Week for May 11-16.
Lawler snagged a pair of medals at the UIL State Track Meet, winning the boys shot put (57-2 ¼) and finishing third in the discus (178-5).
He received 4,007 of the 5,115 votes cast for Athlete of the Week, which was 78.3% of total votes.
Meanwhile, Dumas softball player Madi Zubia was voted the Happy State Bank Girls High School Athlete of the Week.
Zubia was 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs in a Game 1 win and homered in Game 2 adding two more hits as the Demonettes swept West Plains to advance to the Class 4A Division I state semifinals.
She received 251 of the 5,115 votes cast for Athlete of the Week, which was 4.9% 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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