Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Mt. Eden’s Sophia Muñoz

Mt. Eden soccer player Sophia Muñoz is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Dec. 1-6.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Muñoz had 45.3% of the vote. James Logan basketball player Iwalani Lealao finished second at 29.9% and Carlmont basketball player Justine Desmidt took third at 18.5%.

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

Muñoz, a freshman, scored all four of her team’s goals in a 4-1 win over Irvington and added a goal in a loss to Freedom. She has scored all seven of Mt. Eden’s goals through three games.

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 EB Times sports sections.

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