Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Micah Boo, American baseball
American's Micah Boo pitches complete game with 10 strikeouts in a win over Mission San Jose.
American baseball player Micah Boo is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for March 25-30.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Boo had 42.46% of the vote to finish ahead of runner-up Ollie Obenour, a baseball player from Leigh, who took second at 31.19%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Boo, a sophomore left-hander, pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts to help lead American to an 8-1 league victory over Mission San Jose. In two games during the week at the plate, he was 3 for 8 with a double and drove in three runs.
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.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.