Bay Area News Group girls high school athlete of the week: Michelle Tang, Mills basketball

Mills basketball player Michelle Tang is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Feb. 20-25 after she received 30.83% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.

Carondelet soccer player Lauren Kenny placed second with 22.72% of the vote and Menlo School basketball player Karen Xin finished third.

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

Tang, a junior, nailed six three-pointers in Mills’ 66-52 victory over Santa Cruz in the CCS D-III championship. She scored 28 points en-route to helping Mills win its first section title since 1985.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Mar. 6, 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, starting Sept. 30, in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.

Past winners

Feb. 13-18: Mikayla Garcia, James Logan wrestling

Feb. 6-11: Alli Dioli, Half Moon Bay basketball

Jan. 30 to Feb. 4: Quinn Godfrey, Branham basketball

Jan. 13-28: India Bowles, Archbishop Riordan soccer

Jan. 16-21: Priscilla Quihuiz, San Jose soccer

Jan. 9-14: Trinity Chu, California basketball

Jan. 2-7: Tali Fa’i, Newark Memorial basketball

Dec. 12-17: Deanna Luna, James Lick soccer

Dec. 5-10: Sofia Bowes, San Ramon Valley basketball

Nov. 28 to Dec. 3: Kendall McClure, Heritage basketball