Five athletes are up for this week's award. You have until 4 p.m. Feb. 14 to vote.
Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite girls high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Feb. 14.
The boys Athlete of the Week poll was published Feb. 9 with voting running through Feb. 13.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Feb. 10.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch and nominations.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.
Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at [email protected].
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week's Athlete of the Week candidates:
Carmela Biedenbach, Hilliard Darby basketball: Had 9 points, no turnovers and went 6 of 6 from the line to seal a win over Olentangy in the fourth quarter. She plays every guard spot, defends the other teams’ best players and shoots 40% from the 3-point line and 80% from the free-throw line.
Jeniya Bowers, Africentric basketball: Scored 26 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, in a 58-49 win over Walnut Ridge.
Mary Kidwell, New Albany basketball: Made a program-record eight 3-pointers, breaking a mark that had stood since 1998, in a 75-20 win over Central Crossing. She finished with 28 points.
Remy Largent, Big Walnut basketball: Made nine 3-pointers and finished with 33 points, six assists, six steals and six rebounds in an 80-18 win over Westerville North. She had 55 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds in three games last week, all wins.
Sophie Sater, Logan gymnastics, track and field: Broke the school’s girls Indoor pole vault record with a jump of 11-5, then won the all-around competition in a gymnastics tri-meet at Lancaster. She placed first on Floor, second on bars, third on beam and fourth on vault in the meet.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for OSU Wexner Medical Center's Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Week
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