Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Ashish Naveen, Dougherty Valley

Dougherty Valley water polo player Ashish Naveen is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 27-Nov 1.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Naveen finished with 52.1% of the vote. Half Moon Bay football player Paxton Holden (43.9%) took second and Christopher football player Adrian Leon was third.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Naveen, a senior, had eight goals, four assists and three steals to lead Dougherty Valley to a 25-10 victory over Pittsburg. He also had two goals and three steals in a 10-9 win over Dublin. 

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

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