Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Winners for Jan. 10-16

The votes have been tallied and the winners of the Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week honors are ... Sophie Zemianek of BFA-St. Albans hockey and Jack Arpey of Mount Mansfield wrestling.

Zemianek collected 47.81% of the 14,914 votes cast in the girls contest while Arpey finished with a 55.47% share of 17,886 votes tallied on the boys side.

The online voting at BurlingtonFreePress.com began Jan. 17 and closed on Jan. 20.

More on this week's winners

Sophie Zemianek, BFA-St. Albans hockey: The all-star defenseman piled up three goals and four assists in BFA's 12-4 win over rival Essex. She also had a pair of assists in the Comets' 13-4 rout of Beekmantown (N.Y.).

Jack Arpey, Mount Mansfield wrestling: The sophomore claimed the 160-pound weight class at the 2022 Michael J. Baker Classic at Essex on Saturday.

How do I nominate an athlete?

Please nominate a Vermont high school athlete one of two ways:

• Send an email to sports@burlingtonfreepress.com (Subject Line: Athletes of the Week nomination)

• Join our Vermont Varsity Insider group on Facebook and post your nomination.

When's the next vote?

The ballots will be published on Monday, Jan. 24.

Athlete of the Week winners in '21-22

Winter season

•Jan. 3-9: BFA-St. Albans' Sophie Zemianek and MMU's Jack Arpey

•Jan. 3-9: CVU/MMU's Grace Ferguson and Milton's Cameron Fougere

•Dec. 27-Jan. 2: Lamoille's Kayla Meegan and Lyndon's Nick Matteis

•Dec. 10-18: Windsor's Reese Perry and Rutland's Patrick Cooley

Fall season

•Oct. 25-31: BFA-Fairfax's Ava Ardovino and CVU's Angelos Carroll

•Oct. 18-24: Winooski's Kiara Mack and Rutland's Brady Geisler

•Oct. 11-17: Mount Abraham's Joanna Toy and Milton's Colin Mathis

•Oct. 4-10: Stowe's Sarah Hailey and BBA's Dylan Poddick

•Sept. 27-Oct. 3: CVU's Alice Kredell and Montpelier's Ronnie Riby-Williams

•Sept. 20-26: Mount Mansfield's Namo Seibert and U-32's Henry Beling

•Sept. 13-19: Mount Abraham's Madison Gile and Stowe's Adrian Bryan

•Sept. 3-12: Essex's Gabby Spagnuolo-Chawla and Hartford's Tarin Prior

Become a member of the Vermont Varsity Insider Facebook group at https://bit.ly/2MGSfvX.

This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Winners for Jan. 10-16