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.

The Herald-Tribune Girls Athlete of the Week sponsored by Central Florida Behavioral Health Network for Sept. 29-Oct. 4 , 2025 was Saint Stephen's Episcopal volleyball player Brooke Garris, who won the poll with 52.85% of the vote. Garris helped lead the Falcons to a sweep of The Classical Academy of Sarasota with eight kills and four blocks.

A poll will be posted at heraldtribune.com each Monday, and v

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