San Marcos boys volleyball’s Matteo Burdick and San Marcos girls lacrosse’s Josephine Grossman led the Royals to impressive showings last week en route to the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors.
The duo was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Burdick shined on the outside for the San Marcos volleyball team this weekend, leading the charge to a 4-0 record and the program’s first Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions title.
The junior rounded out the tournament with 25 kills in the championship, including nine in the decisive fifth set. As a result, he was named the Tournament MVP.
Meanwhile, Grossman dominated the offensive side of the ball as she led her Royals to a 3-0 week and into first place in the Channel League standings.
She paced the team with four goals in a 15-7 win over rival Dos Pueblos, added on six more goals in an 18-3 rout of Thacher and capped off the week with five goals in a non-league win over Bishop O’Dowd.
The boys honorable mentions were Quinn Melton (SM Baseball), Nolan Clark (SM Swim), Jake Ehlers (Carp Swim), Koa Birchim (DP Lacrosse), Kingston Strebel (DP Lacrosse), Flynn Chenoweth (SB Lacrosse), Logan Patterson Deakyne (SM Track), TJ Deakyne (SM Track) and Tyler Walker (SM Volleyball).
The girls honorable mentions were Emily Morici (DP Softball), Reese Large (SM Softball), Solana Sandoval (SM Softball), Linnea Clapinski (DP Lacrosse), Lauren Hubbs (Cate Lacrosse), Elina Stump (SB Track), Elsie Tuttle (SM Track) and Jules Horton (SB Track)
The Athlete of the Week award winners are selected by the local sports media. Coaches are encouraged to nominate deserving athletes. Nominations should be sent to sports@noozhawk.com by Saturday afternoon, if possible.