Shelby Coyne watches the trajectory of a softball during batting practice at North Fort Myers High School Thursday.
North Fort Myers junior Shelby Coyne was voted The News-Press Athlete of the Week for the week of April 4-9 after compiling over 50-percent of the vote ending Thursday.
Coyne, a catcher for the state-ranked Red Knight softball program, belted a two-run home run in North Fort Myers’ 3-1 win over Fort Myers on April 5, clinching the Lee County Athletic Conference championship.
The Red Knights are currently 20-2 and head into their District 6A-11 championship against Mariner tonight at home.
VOTE NOW: Athlete of the Week, April 4-9In total, eight athletes were nominated and 3,570 votes were cast during the week. Coyne earned 1,804 votes.
Nominees are derived from scores and stats emailed to the sports department by Lee County coaches during the week. Voting begins each Monday at 2 p.m. and closes at noon on Thursday.
Coaches can email scores to sports@news-press.com or call in scores at 239-335-0357. The deadline for each night’s results is 10:30 p.m.
Athlete of the Week
Yvonne Wojtas, the Vikings’ No. 1 girls tennis player, finished second, tallying 1,076 votes. Estero lacrosse player Sarah Smith was third with 376 votes. Cypress Lake senior Cason Hiers, the team’s No. 2 player, was fourth with 158 votes after helping the Panthers reach the Class 2A semifinals.
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