16 athletes advance in the girls' Happy State Bank Athlete of the Year voting
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Beginning in September, the Amarillo Globe-News recognized some of the top high school performances by soliciting nominations and naming finalists for the Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week.
Weekly voting lasted throughout the school year and produced 35 Athletes of the Week.
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Now, readers will have a chance to choose from those honorees to name a Happy State Bank Fan Favorite High School Athlete of the Year.
Voting will be broken down over multiple weeks beginning June 1 and will run Monday through Thursday each week, alternating weeks between boys finalists and girls finalists.
The 16 athletes who receive the most votes this week will advance to the second round of voting.
Kelton's McKinzi McManus (2,984) leads voting after one week, followed by Hereford's Mia Gomez (2,696) and Vega's Khloe Griffitt (2,438).
The eight athletes with the most votes from the second week advance to the final week of voting.
Voting totals will reset each week.
The athletes represent schools of every size across the area.
Each athlete is listed in order of votes received in the first round of voting. The next round of voting for Happy State Bank girls high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, June 22. The second round of the Happy State Bank boys high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, June 15.
First Round Results
• McKinzi McManus, Kelton girls track — 2,984 votes
• Mia Gomez, Hereford girls basketball — 2,696
• Khloe Griffit, Vega girls basketball — 2,438
• Berklee Billington, Bushland girls basketball — 1,525
• Lila Breedlove, Borger girls wrestling — 1,156
• Hailo Moon, McLean girls track — 1,099
• Vida Fierro, Dumas softball — 1,038
• Emma McKinney, Borger softball — 925
• Rachel Adams/Hannah Adams, Vega girls tennis — 511
• Alexis Estrada, Borger volleyball — 282
• Riley Segura, Panhandle girls basketball — 242
• Star Cortes, Dumas softball — 235
• Aaniyah Kitchen, West Plains volleyball — 218
• Gracee Henderson, McLean girls track — 32
• Kynlee Craddock, Randall girls tennis — 30
• Madi Zubia, Dumas softball — 29
15,530 total votes
Submit nominees, with stats, honors and accolades from the previous week by Saturday each week to [email protected]
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: McManus leads first round of voting for girls athlete of the year