Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Saanvi Gunukula, Leland basketball

Leland basketball player Saanvi Gunukula is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Dec. 29-Jan. 3.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Gunukula finished with 56.9% of the votes. Dougherty Valley basketball player Keira Tom took second at 27.1%.

Congrats to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Gunukula, a senior, led Leland with 19 points and added two rebounds, two steals, an assist and a block as the Chargers beat Santa Teresa 64-30.