Each week The Herald-Tribune staff will select nominees for the Herald-Tribune Girls Athlete of the Week poll sponsored by Central Florida Behavioral Network, Inc. Nominees are derived from scores and stats emailed in by Sarasota and Manatee county coaches during the week to htincoming@gmail.com . Readers can then vote in the online poll to determine the Girls Athlete of the Week.
A poll will be posted at heraldtribune.com each Monday, and voting will end at 10 a.m. Friday each week.
The nominees for the week of Aug. 18-23 are:
Golf
Olivia Agate, Parrish Community: Agate shot a two-under par 34 to earn medalist honors in a dual match win over Out-of-Door Academy that the Bulls won by 41 strokes.
Taryn Nguyen, Braden River: Nguyen shot an even-par 36 to finish second individua