Tulare County athlete of the week: El Diamante's Trevor Hampel

El Diamante High School baseball player Trevor Hampel was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County prep athlete of the week.

In an online poll that closed on March 10, Hampel received 3,394 votes, or a 49.2% majority, of the 6,920 responses.

Hampel fired a complete-game shutout to lead the Miners to a win over San Joaquin Memorial. He finished with three strikeouts.

Here's a look at past winners:

• Jan. 6: Cole Gilcrest, Redwood basketball

• Jan. 13: Janessa Garza, Farmersville basketball

• Jan. 20: Danae Banuelos, Golden West basketball

• Jan. 27: Ava Ayon, Lindsay basketball

• Feb. 3: Cooper Fish, Porterville basketball

• Feb. 10: Kiersten Shade, El Diamante basketball

• Feb. 17: Reagan Neese, Central Valley Christian soccer

• Feb. 24: Isaak Mendoza, Redwood wrestling

• March 3: Miles Munger, Exeter 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 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 Feb. 27 to March 3:

• Bailey Brown, baseball, Lindsay: Brown hurled seven strikeouts in four scoreless innings to pilot the Cardinals to a win versus Orosi. He also had two hits and a pair of RBI.

• Micky Downs, baseball, Golden West: Downs hit a walk-off single and drove in two runs to direct the Trailblazers to a victory over Justin Garza.

• Drew Gonzales, baseball, Tulare Western: Gonzales knocked in the game-winning run as the Mustangs downed Clovis West.

• Trevor Hampel, baseball, El Diamante: Hampel fired a complete-game shutout to lead the Miners to a win over San Joaquin Memorial. He finished with three strikeouts.

• Mason Hatton, girls basketball, Tulare Union: Hatton scored 10 points and had four steals in the Tribe's state playoff game against Bret Harte.

• Shelby Somavia, softball, Redwood: Somavia hit a home run and two doubles and racked up three RBI in a game against Kingsburg. She also scored two runs.

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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