NDN Athlete of the Week: Brady Gibson, Naples High cross country

Naples High School cross country runner Brady Gibson has been voted the Naples Daily News Athlete of the Week for Oct. 14-19. 

Gibson was the individual champion of the Collier County Athletic Conference boys race, winning in 16:49.48 and helping Naples win the team title. He earned 10,228 of the 20,376 votes (50.2 percent) in the Daily News' online  poll.

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Palmetto Ridge football player Evan Rodriguez was second in the poll with 6,898 votes (33.9 percent), followed by First Baptist golfer Pearl Jenkins with 1,291 votes (6.4 percent).

A new Athlete of the Week poll will be posted at 7 a.m. each Monday, and voting is open until 10 a.m. Thursday. Winners receive an Athlete of the Week T-shirt by BSN SPORTS as well as a Naples Daily News gift bag. A video featuring the winner will be posted Thursday on naplesnews.com.

The nominees for Oct. 14-19 were: 

Football Offense

Evan Rodriguez, Palmetto Ridge – Threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bears to a 41-16 win over Barron Collier

Football Defense

Collin Miles, Naples – Returned a fumble for a touchdown to start the scoring in Naples’ 49-14 win over Golden Gate

Boys Cross Country

Brady Gibson, Naples – Won the Collier County Athletic Conference race in 16:49.48 to lead the Eagles to the team title

Girls Cross Country

Sonia Lountchenko, Palmetto Ridge – Took first place individually at the CCAC meet, winning in 21:06.72

Boys Golf

Jack Wehle, Gulf Coast – Shot a second-place score of 72 to lead the Sharks to the Class 3A-District 12 championship

Girls Golf

Pearl Jenkins, First Baptist – Finished second after shooting a 78 at the 1A-11 tournament, leading the Lions to their first district title

Volleyball

Zara Stewart, First Baptist – Had 34 digs and 18 aces in two district tournament games leading the Lions to the Class 2A-District 12 title