Every week, the Las Cruces Sun-News will nominate several athletes for its Athlete of the Week award, sponsored by the El Paso Children's Hospital. The winner is decided by you, the readers.

The award highlights the best performances from Las Cruces-area schools from the previous week. This week, there are five football and basketball nominees from Las Cruces, Centennial and Chaparral.

Got a nomination for the future or for this week? Email it to Nick Coppola at ncoppola@lcsun-news.com.

Last week's winner was Las Cruces volleyball's Caleigh Garcia, who was voted as the Red Team's Star of the Match at the New Mexico 5A Red-Green match. It was her second straight week winning the award.

The poll will close at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4 . There are no restrictions, so vote now and

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