Vote Now: Who should be SB Live Alabama's High School Athlete of the Week? (April 24-30)

Check out this week's nominees for SB Live Alabama Athlete of the Week and make your vote count!

Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced Monday.

If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, please email tyler@scorebooklive.com with “Alabama Nomination” in the subject line.

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

Gabby Barrera, Montgomery Academy (Tennis)

Won the No. 1 singles championship, beating defending state champ Claire Bosman of Auburn 6-3, 6-0 to help Montgomery Academy to a third-place finish in its first AHSAA 7A State Tournament.

Brady Cavanaugh, Enterprise (Baseball)

Struck out six batters and scattered four hits (all singles) to beat Mary G. Montgomery 2-0 in the decisive game three of their 7A Playoff series.

C.J. Gross, Spain Park (Baseball)

Tossed a complete-game shutout to clinch the Round 1 series in the AHSAA Playoffs over James Clemens. Gross went seven innings, scattering five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.

John Paul Head, Vestavia Hills (Baseball)

Went 3-for-9 at the plate with two walks in the three-game series against Sparkman, belting a double and a three-run homer in a 7-2 win in the decisive third game.

Edward Lee, LAMP (Tennis)

Won’t he No. 1 singles state title with a 1-6, 7-5, 11-9 victory over Mitchell Piedra of Houston Academy to help LAMP capture the AHSAA 4A/5A Boys State Tennis Championship.

Nate Mayfield, Bob Jones (Baseball)

Went 4-for-9 at the plate with a double, a homer and five RBIs in a three-game series win over Chelsea.

Dakota NeSmith, Arab (Baseball)

Went 3-for-10 at the plate and drove in three runs with a bases-clearing double in the 6-5 series-clinching Game 3. He also picked up the save in Game 1 and the win in relief in Game 3, allowing no earned runs with six strikeouts over 3.2 innings of work.

Zach Wyatt, Thompson (Baseball)

Tossed a complete game, allowing just one hit and striking out 11 batters to help the Warriors clinch an opening-round series sweep over Huntsville.


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Tyler Cleveland, SBLive Sports
TYLER CLEVELAND, SBLIVE SPORTS

SBLive Mississippi reporter Tyler Cleveland has been covering sports in the Magnolia State since 2005. He attended Ole Miss and Southern Miss and worked previously at the Hattiesburg American, Clarion-Ledger and Rivals.com. You can reach him at tyler@scorebooklive.com.