American basketball player Shirina Shi is the Bay Area News Group girls high school athlete of the week for Jan. 6-11.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Shi finished with 45.88% of the vote. Acalanes basketball player Ariana Hallstrom took second with 32.25%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Shi, a sophomore, scored 35 points to lead American to a 68-55 win over Mission San Jose as the Eagles improved to 12-2 and 3-1 in MVAL play.

To nominate an athlete for the next poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

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We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

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.