Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Iwa Lealao, James Logan basketball

James Logan basketball player Iwa Lealao is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Dec. 9-14.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Lealao finished with 45.05% of the vote. Leigh basketball player Ashley Saban placed second, and Silver Creek soccer player Natalia Niebles took third.

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

The sharp-shooting point guard scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers in a 54-44 victory over Washington. She finished the week averaging 15.5 points per game.

The Athlete of the Week poll will take a two-week break during the holidays. The next poll is on Jan. 6.

To nominate an athlete for the next poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.