Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Laila Wang, Archbishop Mitty

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Laila Wang, Archbishop Mitty

Archbishop Mitty badminton player Laila Wang is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for April 22-27.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Wang had 31.82% of the votes. St. Francis softball player Peyton Tsao finished second at 29.66%.

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

Wang, a sophomore, swept each opponent in two sets, holding each of them to eight points or fewer. Wang was awarded the No. 1 seed in girls singles for the league finals.

She went on to win the league tournament to remain undefeated. She will compete in the Central Coast Section tournament next week.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

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