Christopher basketball player Nat Javier is the Bay Area News Group’s girls athlete of the week for Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 after she received 43.83% of the vote by the deadline Wednesday.

Newark Memorial basketball player Sydney Scott finished second.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Javier, a senior, helped the Cougars win the Watsonville tournament by scoring 70 points over three games. The senior is also a 4.0 student and is a member of the ASB Student Leadership team at the school.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.

Source: www.mercurynews.com