VOTE: Times-Union High School Girls Athlete of the Week, May 25 (original) (raw)

Updated May 26, 2026, 3:31 p.m. ET

University Christian's Naomi Winburn is the new Florida Times-Union Girls Athlete of the Week for Northeast Florida high school sports for the 2025-26 season, covering the week of May 11-16, 2026 in the Jacksonville area.

The eighth-grader batted .400 with a double and pitched three hitless innings as University Christian won the Region 1-1A softball championship.

She placed first in a vote of top Northeast Florida performers that included Mallory Jackson (Baker County softball), Jazmine Ramos-Merced (Baldwin softball) and Ryleigh Stone (Columbia softball).

This week's Girls Athlete of the Week vote

It's time to vote for Florida Times-Union's girls High School Athlete of the Week for the week of May 18-23, 2026.

The Times-Union gathers nominees from scores, stats and nominations e-mailed to the sports desk during the week by coaches across Northeast Florida. Coaches can e-mail these stats and scores to preps@jacksonville.com. Deadline to receive nominations is 7 p.m. Saturdays.

Because of the Memorial Day holiday, this week's voting begins Tuesday morning and closes at 10 a.m. Friday, May 29. Votes are restricted to once per device per hour. Vote at jacksonville.com/sports.

We reserve the right to disqualify a candidate or declare a vote "no contest" if tampering such as bots or offering to pay for voting is evident. Please respect the integrity of the vote the way these athletes respect the integrity of the game.

Emily Delgado, Columbia softball

The senior hit a double and triple with five RBI as the Tigers won the Class 4A championship.

Dixie Tessier, University Christian softball

The senior pitched a four-hitter in the Class 1A championship game against Casselberry Geneva.

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