Week 5 winter prep athlete of the week nominees

Nominees for high school winter sports athlete of the week, sponsored by Athletes Corner, for the week ending Jan. 11. Voting will conclude at 8 p.m. Thursday with results published in Friday’s Columbian.

BROOKE ATWELL, HERITAGE GYMNASTICS: Atwell won on all four apparatus, including scoring a 9.6 on the floor exercise, and won the all-around with a score of 36.4 in a meet with Mountain View.

JARON HAMLIK, PRAIRIE SWIMMING: Hamlik won the 200 and 100 free in a meet at Mark Morris, including a state-qualifying time in the 200 free of 1:50.20.

MICAH PAULSON, UNION BOYS BASKETBALL: Paulson averaged 17.5 points a game as the Titans opened 4A Greater St. Helens League play with back-to-back wins.

ZAC SEEVERS, WOODLAND WRESTLING: Seevers won the 160-pound championship at the Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Tournament in Rainier, Ore.

AUBREY WARD-EL, SKYVIEW GIRLS BASKETBALL: Ward averaged 13.3 points a game as the Storm won three games last week. She also had 17 rebounds in a win over Mark Morris.