Vote for The Herald’s Prep Athlete of the Week for April 12-18
Published 6:30 pm Monday, April 20, 2026
The Athlete of the Week nominees for April 12-18. Voting closes at midnight Sunday. The winner will be announced with the next poll and in next Wednesday’s paper.
Last week’s winner
Kyler Phillips | Archbishop Murphy boys soccer
The senior forward stood out in Archbishop Murphy’s 4-3 loss to Cascade on April 11, scoring all three Wildcats goals for a hat trick. Phillips won The Herald’s Athlete of the Week for April 5-11 by claiming 116 (67.05%) of the 173 votes.
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This week’s nominees
Caleb Campbell | Monroe baseball
In the games last week, the senior went 9-for-12 (.750 batting average), walked twice, stole four bases, drove in seven runs and scored seven times.
Maxten Cook | Lake Stevens boys track & field
The sophomore won the 400-meter run at the April 18 Viking Classic in 48.87 seconds, the fourth fastest time in the state this year. He also anchored the winning 1,600-meter relay to the state’s fourth-best time of 3 minutes, 24.59 seconds.
Sarah Fletcher | Archbishop Murphy softball
Fletcher hit two home runs and drove in all four runs in a 4-3 win over Mountlake Terrace on April 13. She homered again on a 2-for-3 day in a win over Glacier Peak on April 17. In between she went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI on April 15 against Edmonds-Woodway.
Allison Mervin | Mountlake Terrace girls track & field
The senior leapt 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches — the fifth-best mark in the state this year — to win the Bellevue Invitational on April 18. Mervin also holds the state seventh-best triple jump mark of the season (38-1), set a week earlier at the Arcadia Invitational.
Karen Shin | Jackson girls golf
The sophomore shot a 1-under 35 in a 9-hole Wesco 4A meet at Mill Creek Country Club on April 13.
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Note: The Herald’s Athlete of the Week nominees are chosen based on stats reported to the newspaper, recommendations from coaches and first-hand observations. Stats from games and recommendations for nominees can be sent to sports@heraldnet.com. Nominees must be submitted by 9 a.m. Monday. Did we miss someone? It could be because individual stats were not reported to The Herald. Coaches/scorekeepers: Please report results by 10:30 p.m. on the day of the event. To participate in the voting, visit heraldnet.com.
