Each week during the school year, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News select high school girls athletes who stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports sent to [email protected] and [email protected] and school nominations sent over email. Those athletes are put in a poll each Monday on news-press.com and naplesnews.com and you, our readers, vote on who you think did it best.
The winner of the Southwest Florida Girls Athlete of the Week poll will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by USA Today High School Sports Awards. Voting ends at 10 a.m. Thursday each week. The winner will be announced on social media.
Last week, the SWFL Girls Athlete of the Week winner was Fort Myers cross country standout Lyla Parker, who finished with 48.71 percent of the vote and 26,184 votes, a new record for raw votes this school year…