A volleyball player recorded her 1,000th career death while a soccer player helped his team beat the country’s number one.
These are just two of the student-athletes taking part in the Grand Rapids Athlete of the Week poll this week.
Take a look at our candidates below and vote for your favorite. You can vote as often as you want until 6 p.m. on Monday. Don’t forget to have fun. That is the whole purpose of these MLive.com surveys.
* Congratulations to Byron Center golfer Macie Elzinga for winning the Athlet of the Week poll last week. Elzinga received over 37 percent of the vote, beating Rockford’s Jessica Jolly. Please click here to review the results.
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Makenzie Baldwin
School: West Ottawa
Sports: swimming
Baldwin, a sprint freestyler, won two races in the Panthers’ 92.2-62.1 victory over Zeeland. Baldwin won the 50 Free in 25.24 and the 100 Free in 54.88.
Carlina Bender
School: Hudsonville
Sport: volleyball
Bender, an all-state second-team pick a year ago, helped the Eagles win the East Kentwood Invitational, recording seven service aces and 39 digs that day.
Meghan booty
School: Bund Christian
Sport: cross-country skiing
Beute took first place at the Christian School Invitational on Saturday (18: 28.6) after receiving top honors at the Delton Kellogg Invitational (19.24.4) on Thursday.
Caden Brink
School: Holland Christian
Sport: soccer
Brink’s goal in the second half gave the Maroons a 2-1 lead over number one, Unity Christian. Holland Christian won 3-1.
Lauren Davis
School: Coopersville
Sport: golf
Davis shot a 74 to win medalists at the annual Russ Johnsen Invitational in Gracewil and led the Broncos to second place.
Evie Doezema
School: Grand Rapids Christian
Sport: volleyball
Doezema hit a milestone last week when she turned 1,000. Doezema, who had 21 kills in the match, was an all-stater of the second team last season.
Addy Forbes
School: Northview
Sports: swimming
Forbes won two races to help the Wildcats win the DeWitt Invitational by conquering the 100 Butterflies (1: 02.92) and the 200 Individual Medleys (2: 14.89).
Colin Graham
School: Rockford
Sport: cross-country skiing
Graham finished second at the Bret Clements Bath Invitational with a time of 16 minutes and 16.54 seconds for the Rams, who finished second behind Northville.
Jaiden Karem
School: Byron Center
Sport: tennis
Sports: The Bulldogs improved to 10-0-2 in the season with a win over East Grand Rapids, and Karem was one of the standout, winning his No. 2 single flight 6-0, 6-1.
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