Record Athlete of the Week: Lodi's Andrew Wright

Shannon Mia Belt, The Record
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Andrew Wright, senior pitcher for Lodi throws the balls up during a photo shoot during the 2022-23 season.
Andrew Wright, senior pitcher for Lodi throws the balls up during a photo shoot during the 2022-23 season.

Andrew Wright, a senior pitcher for Lodi was voted by the readers as The Record/Recordnet.com Athlete of the Week for the week of March 26- April 1. In an online poll that closed today, Wright received over 3,000 votes out of the close to 5,000 votes. He earned 65% of the votes casted.

The senior pitcher had a hand in the Flames winning series against St. Mary's last week. He pitched in the final game of the series on March 31 as the Rams and Flames spilt the first two games. His at bat in the final inning ended with a walk-off RBI to push his team into the lead.

Wright also came in to close the game as the pitcher and secure Lodi's win with a 1,2,3 inning and one strikeout. He his currently ranked third in the Tri-City Athletic League for most batters struck out.

Here's a look at the past winners:

  • Feb. 4: Janay Holmes, Weston Ranch girls basketball and Leo Ponce, St. Mary's boys soccer

  • Feb. 11: Cameron Silva, Manteca girls soccer and Mario Williams Jr., Venture Academy boys basketball

  • Feb. 18: Bryan Cuellar, Venture Academy boys soccer and Briseis Serrano, Lincoln wrestling

  • Feb. 25: Taydem Khamjoi, Chavez wrestling and Eli Terpsma, Ripon Christian boys basketball

  • March 4: Jordan Lee, St. Mary's girls basketball and Elijah Mobley, Weston Ranch boys basketball

  • March 18: Sophia Coronado, Kimball softball and Joel Van Groningen, Ripon Christian boys volleyball

  • March 25: Parker Burks, Franklin baseball

Editor's Note: Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Shannon Belt at sbelt@recordnet.com. Please include the player's stats and a photo if possible.

Kharime “Mims” Caratachea of Ripon softball pitches during one of the Indians 2022-23 season.
Kharime “Mims” Caratachea of Ripon softball pitches during one of the Indians 2022-23 season.

Original story: The polls are back open for The Record/Recordnet.com Athlete of the Week from March 26 to April 1.

Readers can vote for their favorite San Joaquin, Calaveras, and Amador counties athletes who have shined the previous week. Voting can be done at the newspaper’s website, recordnet.com.

Polls close on Friday.

Here are the candidates for March 26- April 1 (Athletes listed in alphabetical order):

Kharime “Mims” Caratachea, softball, Ripon: Caratachea gave Manteca batters a hard time at March 27th’s game. She finished the game by striking out nine batters and only allowed one run to get past. She helped give the Buffaloes their first loss of the season, 6-1.

Kori Fields, track and field, St. Mary’s: In her first track meet of the season, Fields set a personal record in the 100 meters race with 12.86 seconds. She took first in that event and the 200 meters and 100-meter hurdles to have a stellar finish in the Tokay Meet on March 30.

Rayana Ladd, softball, Manteca: Ladd had an outstanding game on the plate in Manteca’s league opener against Sierra on March 30. She finished the game with three runs, two RBIs, and a home run on four plate appearances to help the Buffaloes win 12-4.

Dom Samford, baseball, Lincoln: Samford shut down Tracy’s offense on the mound in the March 30 game. The right-handed pitcher held the Bulldogs scoreless, only allowing them two hits. He utilized Lincoln’s run support and helped it win 10-0.

Cameron Williams, track and field, West: Williams helped lead his 4x100 relay to victory on March 30 at the Tokay Meet. Williams was the team’s anchor and beat out Tokay, St. Mary’s, and Lodi with a time of 42.70 seconds. The junior also took first place in the 110-meter hurdles setting a season record of 15.31 seconds.

Andrew Wright, baseball, Lodi: Wright had a hand in completing Lodi’s two-game sweep against Tri-City Athletic League foe St. Mary on March 31. The senior pitched for eight innings and struck out 11 batters. Offensively, he hit the walk-off RBI in the seventh inning to secure the Flames' 2-1 victory.

Athlete of the Week nominations are based on information available to The Record about all high school varsity players from San Joaquin, Calaveras, and Amador counties. Nominations must be received for consideration by Monday morning following that week's games.

Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot via email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Shannon Belt at sbelt@recordnet.com. Please include the player's stats and a photo if possible.

Record reporter Shannon Belt covers sports. She can be reached at sbelt@recordnet.com or on Twitter @ShannonBelt3. To support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.

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