Menlo-Atherton’s Luisa Tava (34) celebrates winning against Los Gatos during the CCS Division I girls championship at Santa Clara High School in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Menlo-Atherton basketball player Luisa Tava is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Feb. 23-28.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Tava finished with 53.2% of the votes. Salesian basketball player Ezra Palec took second at 44.9%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Tava scored 22 points in M-A’s semifinal win over Los Altos, then added 15 in the CCS Division I championship game against Los Gatos as the Bears won the section title 49-32.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
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Originally published at Christian Babcock