Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Shyanne Smith, Liberty flag football

Liberty flag football player Shyanne Smith is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Oct. 28 to Nov. 2.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Smith finished with 38.15% of the votes. Menlo School flag football player Ellie Knoll took second at 37.97%.

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

The quarterback threw five touchdown passes in a victory over BVAL rival Freedom. The Lions finished the week with a 17-1 record on the season.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s 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.