Exeter High School baseball player Ruben Ruiz was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County prep athlete of the week.
In an online poll that closed on April 22, Ruiz received 2,168 votes, or a 33.9{c2959109750a408b57b93849e4f6c0b25384840fb4bae13e611646209767c39f} majority, of the 6,419 responses.
Ruiz hit a grand slam, and finished with five RBIs in a 17-7 rout of Orosi.
Editor’s note: Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Vongni Yang at [email protected] Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.
All high school varsity players from Tulare County are eligible to be placed on the ballot. Nominations must be received by Monday morning following that week’s games for consideration.
Original story: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite prep athletes of the week at the newspaper’s website www.visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes at noon on Friday.
Please do not email your votes.
Here are the choices for the week of April 11-15:
- Alexus Carter, softball, Golden West. Carter hit a solo home run as the Trailblazers defeated Bakersfield 10-1 at the Tulare Tournament.
- Grace Chojnacki, softball, Mission Oak. Chojnacki hurled 12 strikeouts in a complete-game performance in the Hawks’ 3-2 win over Sanger.
- John Mosqueda, baseball, Lindsay. Mosqueda went the distance with eight strikeouts in a 4-1 win over Mission Oak.
- Brandt Munger, baseball, Central Valley Christian. Munger tossed eight strikeouts in four innings as the Cavaliers downed Corcoran 16-0.
- Daniel Parker, baseball, Redwood. Parker fired seven strikeouts in a complete-game shutout to pilot the Rangers to a 5-0 victory against Madera.
- Ruben Ruiz, baseball, Exeter. Ruiz hit a grand slam, and finished with five RBIs in a 17-7 rout of Orosi.
Anyone (coaches, parents, teammates, teachers, friends, etc.) can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport.
Nominate next week’s ballot through email to sports reporter Vongni Yang at [email protected]
Nominations are based on information made available to the Times-Delta. Please include statistics and a photo with your submission.
All high school varsity players from Tulare County are eligible to be placed on the ballot. Nominations must be received by Monday morning following that week’s games for consideration.
Vongni Yang is a sports reporter for the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register. He covers Tulare County sports. Follow him on Twitter @Vongni. To support his continued coverage of local sports, subscribe today.
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