San Marcos water polo’s Brandon Lee and Dos Pueblos volleyball’s Faith Harrison led their teams to crucial wins last week en route to Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors.
The pairing was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Lee was the centerpiece of the offensive attack and defensive effort in two wins over Buena last week that gave San Marcos a second-place finish in the Channel League and an automatic spot in the CIF-SS playoffs.
The sophomore opened the week with six goals in an 11-8 win over Buena to force the tiebreaker game, and followed that up with four goals in a 13-7 victory over the Bulldogs to secure a postseason bid.
Meanwhile, Harrison kicked off the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs with 16 kills, five blocks and three aces in a three-set sweep of Torrance High.
She followed that up with 12 kills, six digs, one block and one ace in a five-set win over Temescal Canyon to help the Chargers into the CIF-SS Quarterfinals.
The boys honorable mentions were Cade Mault (SB Football), Isaac Murillo (SM Football), Kevin Castillo (Laguna Football), August Singer (SM Cross Country) and Kik Van Engelen (SB Cross Country).
The girls honorable mentions were Tate Jaeger (SM Tennis), Celeste Alcaraz (DP Golf), Blake Saunders (SB Volleyball), Lauren Kenny (Laguna Volleyball) and Maritt Blabey (Laguna Volleyball).
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.
The award is sponsored by Cottage Health, Knight Real Estate Group, Investec Real Estate and Fidelity National Title.
