Free Press Girls Athlete of the Week for May 11-17: Utica Eisenhower's Ellera Jakubowski

• The Free Press Girls Prep Athlete of the Week for May 11-17 includes students from Oak Park, Detroit Renaissance, Utica Eisenhower and Troy.

Update, Thursday, May 22: Congratulations to Ellera Jakubowski of Utica Eisenhower for being voted the Detroit Free Press Girls Prep Athlete of the Week.

It's time to vote for the Detroit Free Press Girls Prep Athlete of the Week for May 11-17.

This week's poll features four players — two in track and field, one in soccer and one in tennis.

Voting will be open until 11:59 a.m. Thursday, May 22. We will announce the winner here shortly after the poll closes.

Track and Field measurements are courtesy of athletic.net and tennis results are courtesy of the MHSAA website. Here are this week's nominees (listed in alphabetical order by last name):

Nevaeh Burns, track and field, Oak Park: The sophomore sprinter and defending 400-meter state champion contributed to Oak Park's top relay times in the 4x200 (1:40.02) and 4x400 (3:48.42). Burns also finished with the top 200m time (24.84) and 400m time (54.91) to help lead Oak Park to a dominant regional meet victory. Oak Park girls track and field is vying for a third consecutive Division 1 state championship as a team.

Celeste Davis, track and field, Detroit Renaissance: The senior runner and jumper helped Detroit Renaissance finish second behind Oak Park in the Rochester regional meet. Davis set a personal record in the long jump with a distance of 10-feet, 10.25-inches (5.75 meters), which is the top recorded long jump distance in the state for the girls season.

Ellera Jakubowski, soccer, Utica Eisenhower: The junior midfielder/forward had four goals and two assists across two league games for Utica Eisenhower, which finished one point above Romeo to secure the MAC Red conference championship. She assisted on a corner kick and then tapped in a cross against Macomb Dakota on May 12, followed by three of Eisenhower's first four goals in a 5-0 win over Macomb L'Anse Creuse North on May 14.

Jhoshi Prasath, tennis, Troy: The sophomore No. 2 singles player for Troy dropped only one game across three matches of her singles regional bracket May 15. Prasath received a bye as the top-ranked No. 2 singles player in her region. She won her first set 6-1, followed by winning the next five sets 6-0 to cruise to the regional title. Prasath was a part of Troy's No. 3 doubles team that finished as runners-up in 2024.

Come back to freep.com/sports/high-schools every Tuesday morning to vote for Athlete of the Week.

Miss the deadline to nominate an athlete?

We take nominations through 10 a.m. Monday for the previous week's games. Nominate for the week of May 18-24 at freep.com/athlete. Note: Don't use the nomination link to vote. You can vote in the poll above.

Jared Ramsey covers high school sports for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him atjramsey@freepress.com; Follow Jared onX orBluesky.