San Ramon Valley quarterback Luke Baker has been named Bay Space Information Group boys highschool athlete of the week for Sept. 5-10 after he acquired 16,405 votes (45.21%) by the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.
Acalanes soccer participant Trevor Rogers completed second and Archbishop Riordan soccer participant King-Njhsanni Wilhite positioned third.
Congratulations to all of the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Baker, a 5-10, 180-pound junior, was spectacular in a 35-28 victory at residence over Elk Grove. He accomplished 28 of 41 passes for 426 yards and 4 touchdowns because the Wolves improved to 2-0.
In a season-opening 41-7 win over Classic, Baker threw for 208 yards and two TDs on 14-of-17 passing.
To appoint an athlete for subsequent week’s ballot, e mail highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Sept. 19, at 11 a.m. Please embody stats and workforce outcomes.
We additionally evaluation stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/workforce statisticians for consideration.
Winners are introduced every Friday on the Mercury Information & East Bay Occasions web sites.
Previous winners
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo
Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, School Park water polo
Might 23-29: Jacob Ponce, Dougherty Valley golf
Might 16-22: Ben Kin Ho Tsang, Independence observe and discipline