With the 2026-27 high school sports season approaching, the El Paso Times will give readers a chance to vote to select El Paso's top athletes and teams.
This week, readers can vote for the Girls Athlete of the Week in volleyball and cross country for the week of Oct. 13-17. Here are this week's nominees.
Here are this week's nominees:
- Casey Saenz, Hanks Volleyball. In the last two victory matches, she had 21 kills, 40 assists, 3 aces, and 15 digs.
- Carlee Caraveo, Eastwood cross country. Caraveo ran an impressive second place to help the Troopers finish second in the District 1-6A competition.
- Sayuri Ulloa, Burges cross country. Ulloa won the District 1-5A cross country individual title.
- Anel Ponce, Parkland cross country. She won her first individual title in District 2-5A cross country with a time of 21:42.96.
- Mariana Alvarez, Austin cross country. She won the individual title in District 1-4A with a time of 15:10.15.
- Alexia Martinez, Fabens cross country. She won the individual title at the District 2-4A meet.
- Maya Bemis, El Paso High volleyball. In victory vs. Canutillo, she had 15 kills, 12 digs and 3 aces.
- Difanny Soltero, Coronado volleyball. In two matches last week, she had 26 kills, 40 assists and 33 digs.
- Giselle Gandara, Eastlake volleyball. In two matches last week, she had 32 kills and 17 digs.
- Davanee Montelongo, El Dorado volleyball. Against Del Valle, she had 21 kills and 27 digs and vs. Parkland, she had seven kills and nine digs.
Felix F. Chavez can be reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X
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