Update: Athlete of the week, Golden West's Teyanna Burrell

Golden West High School girls basketball player Teyanna Burrell was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County prep athlete of the week.

In an online poll that closed on Dec. 9, Burrell received 3,944 votes, or a 46.1% majority, of the 8,591 responses.

Burrell averaged 20 points and 15.2 rebounds during a five-game stretch, including an outstanding 26-point, 23-rebound effort in a win over Corcoran.

Here's a look at past winners:

• Aug. 26: Madison Gonzalez, El Diamante volleyball

• Sept. 2: Jaeden Moore, Central Valley Christian football

• Sept. 9: Avery Barber, Exeter volleyball

• Sept. 16: Mckenna Steele, El Diamante volleyball

• Sept. 23: Emma Taylor, El Diamante volleyball

• Sept. 30: Jacob Ball, Tulare Western football

• Oct. 7: Rylan Montgomery, El Diamante water polo

• Oct. 14: Austin Schaible, Lindsay football

• Oct. 21: Jaime Arredondo, Strathmore football

• Oct. 28: Max Bakker, CVC football

• Nov. 4: Brayden Stevenson, Tulare Union football

• Nov. 11: Joseph Ross, Redwood water polo

• Nov. 18: Jake Chambers, Redwood water polo

• Nov. 25: Carter Mendes, Tulare Western cross country

• Dec. 2: Darleth Felix, Tulare Union

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 Vongni Yang at vyang2@visaliatimesdelta.com. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.

Original story: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper's website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday.

Please do not email your votes.

Here are the choices for the week of Dec. 5-9:

• Angel Anaya, wrestling, Tulare Union: Anaya registered a victory in a dual-meet duel against El Diamante.

• Teyanna Burrell, girls basketball, Golden West: Burrell averaged 20 points and 15.2 rebounds in five games last week, including an outstanding 26-point, 23-rebound effort in a win over Corcoran.

• Augusto De Castro, boys basketball, Exeter: De Castro generated a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a win versus Granite Hills.

• Kaine Garcia, boys basketball, Tulare Western: Garcia canned 12 points in a non-league game versus Porterville.

• Anthony Jackson, boys basketball, Mission Oak: Jackson had a double-double, tallying 23 points, 10 rebounds, eight steals, an assist and a block to lead the Hawks to a victory over Foothill-Bakersfield.

• Erik Odsather, boys basketball, Porterville: Odsather scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Panthers to a 64-53 win over Tulare Western.

• Justin Stroud, boys basketball, Central Valley Christian: Stroud registered a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in a 63-53 win over Fresno Christian.

• Javier Torres, boys basketball, Dinuba: Torres erupted for 30 points to lead the Emperors to a non-league victory against Immanuel. He also had four rebounds and four assists.

Nominations are based on information available to the Times-Delta.

All high school varsity players from Tulare County are eligible to be on the ballot. 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 through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Vongni Yang at vyang2@visaliatimesdelta.com. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.

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