Leland basketball player Saanvi Gunukula is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Dec. 29-Jan. 3.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Gunukula finished with 56.9% of the votes. Dougherty Valley basketball player Keira Tom took second at 27.1%.
Congrats to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Gunukula, a senior, led Leland with 19 points and added two rebounds, two steals, an assist and a block as the Chargers beat Santa Teresa 64-30. She went 4 for 9 from 3.
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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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