San Ramon Valley quarterback Luke Baker has been named Bay Area News Group boys high school athlete of the week for Sept. 5-10 after he received 16,405 votes (45.21%) by the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.
Acalanes football player Trevor Rogers finished second and Archbishop Riordan football player King-Njhsanni Wilhite placed third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Baker, a 5-10, 180-pound junior, was spectacular in a 35-28 victory at home over Elk Grove. He completed 28 of 41 passes for 426 yards and four touchdowns as the Wolves improved to 2-0.
In a season-opening 41-7 win over Vintage, Baker threw for 208 yards and two TDs on 14-of-17 passing.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Sept. 19, 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.
Past winners
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo
Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo
May 23-29: Jacob Ponce, Dougherty Valley golf
May 16-22: Ben Kin Ho Tsang, Independence track and field
Source: www.mercurynews.com