Athletes of the Week

Boys

Kevin Lawrence

School: Moorpark

Year: Senior

Sport: Football

Career at a Glance: Lawrence, 6 feet 5 and 215 pounds, is a proven scorer who recently has improved his defence. He leads the Musketeers in career points (1,414) and rebounds (679) and is effective from the perimeter as well as under teh basket.

Week at a Glance: Lawrence averaged 26.3 points to help Moorpark (14-4) win two of three games, including their first Frontier League victory over 13-time defending cahmpion, Santa Clara in seven seasons as a league member. In that game, Lawrence had 31 points and 10 rebounds.

Girls

Nell Becker

School: Nordoff

Year: Junior

Sport: Basketball

Career at a Glance: Becker, a longtime varsity starter at point guard, is the Rangers’ career leader in assists and three-point baskets. She sparked Nordoff to successful playoff runs and state playoff berths in the previous two seasons

Week at a Glance: Becker, 5 feet 6, scored a total of 44 points in Frontier League victories over Santa Clara and Santa Paula. Against Santa Paula, she had 10 assists for the defending league co-champions.