Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Zidane Auzarang, San Mateo basketball

San Mateo basketball player Zidane Auzarang is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Jan. 6-11.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Auzarang finished with 31.79% of the vote. Milpitas basketball player Isaac Sisay took second and Head-Royce basketball player Micah Nyamuzuwe was third.

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

Auzarang, a senior, scored 21 points in San Mateo’s 45-35 win over El Camino. San Mateo (9-4, 2-0) plays host to South San Francisco on Wednesday.

To nominate an athlete for our next poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by that 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.