Athlete of the Week
Erin Kyle
Bishop Verot senior pitcher Erin Kyle garnered 5,115 of the over 10,000 votes cast to win the News-Press Athlete of the Week award for April 11-16.
The Lamar University signee nailed down the District 4A-5 title April 14 for the Vikings with a four-inning perfect game that included seven strikeouts in a 15-0 win over Gateway Charter. Verot faces West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy in a regional semifinal at 7 p.m. at Sam Fleishman Regional Sports Complex.
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Nominees are derived from scores and stats called and emailed in by Lee County coach’s during the week. Voting begins each Monday at 2 p.m.
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.
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Estero lacrosse player Arianna Edelmann finished second with 2,213 votes after netting a few goals to keep her team in a first-round play-in game on the road at Bradenton St. Stephen’s before ending the season with a 18-10 loss April 15.
Coming in third with 2,165 votes was the Fort Myers doubles team of John Carlin and Luka Illic. The duo beat Miami Belen Jesuit’s Carlos Grande and Daniel Martinez 6-4, 6-4 in the Class 3A state final April 14.
Other nominees were Evangelical Christian baseball player Ben Specht, LaBelle weightlifter Mariano Hernandez, Cypress Lake doubles players Bruna Barros and Sarah Greenwell, Verot lacrosse player Joe Cerniglia and Estero distance runners Megan Giovanniello and Arye Beck.