Interlake boys basketball PG Dunkan Nguyen voted the WaFd Bank Washington High School Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Interlake boys basketball point guard Dunkan Nguyen for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Washington High School Athlete of the Week for Jan. 3-9!

Congratulations to Interlake boys basketball point guard Dunkan Nguyen for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Washington High School Athlete of the Week for Jan. 3-9!

The senior had 23 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 5 steals in a 62-68 loss against Hazen. Nguyen also recorded 26 points 8 assists, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals in a 70-59 win over Sammamish.

Nguyen received 26.36% of the vote, beating out Klahowya's Ella Koebelin who finished second with 20.48%. Squalicum's Mari Binning finished third with 16.23% and Chiawana's Malia Ruud finished fourth with 9.58%. There were over 39,000 votes tallied this week!

We are currently accepting WaFd Bank Player of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivewa.

Here are the other athletes who were nominated for the week of Jan. 3-9:

Jaxon Nap, Hazen boys basketball: Scored 21 points, pulled down 22 boards and doled out eight assists in a 68-62 win over Interlake on Wednesday. 

Levi Pepper, Selah boys basketball: Finished with 35 points, 14 boards, seven steals, four assists and three blocks in a 62-59 win over Ellensburg.

Tre Blassingame, Auburn Boys Basketball: Led the Trojans with 25 points in 85-50 win over Kentridge.

Halle Wright, Prosser Girls Basketball: Scored a game-high 27 points and reached her 1,000th career point in 74-43 win over Selah.

Malia Samuels, Garfield Girls Basketball: Scored 23 points against her old team, Eastside Catholic, in No.1 Garfield’s 88-50 Metro League victory.

Denis Kadiric, Ingraham Boys Basketball: Broke Ingraham’s single game scoring record with 43 points in 75-52 win over Lincoln.

Mari Binning, Squalicum Girls Basketball: Had 29 points and 7 rebounds in 51-46 win over Mount Vernon.

Luke Brewer, Tumwater Boys Basketball: Had 25 points in 66-44 win over rival Black Hills.

Jazmyn Shipp, Bonney Lake Girls Basketball: Led the Lady Panthers with 25 points in 74-47 win over Spanaway Lake.

Quin Patterson, Mount Si Boys Basketball: Recorded 26 points in 71-44 win over Woodinville.

Aubrey Amendala, Tumwater Girls Basketball: Had a career-high 30 points on 11-for-12 shooting, with eight steals and seven assists in a 2A EvCo rivalry victory over BlackHills

Ryan Lafferty, Mt. Spokane Boys Basketball: Scored the go-ahead three-pointer with 20 seconds left to give the Wildcats a 55-52 win over Gonzaga Prep.

Katie Fiso, Garfield Girls Basketball: The sophomore shared game-high scoring honors with teammates Malia Samuels – 23 points – with 18 coming in the first half. She also had eight steals in the Bulldogs’ Metro League showdown victory over Eastside Catholic.

Jordan Hansen, King’s Boys Basketball: Recorded 33 points, 9 rebounds, and was 6 of 10 from 3-point range in 89-60 win over Lake Stevens. Hiatt and Hansen’s 30-plus point games mark the first time in King’s history there were two 30-point scorers in a game.

Nikole Thomas, Kamiakin Girls Basketball: Led the Braves with a career-high 28 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals, and 1 Block in 59-44 win over Moses Lakes.

Hope Hassmann, Tahoma Girls Basketball: The Cal Poly commit scored a game-high 26 points – half coming in the the second quarter – with 11 rebounds and nine assists in a non-league victory over Arlington.

Owen Moriarty, O’Dea Boys Basketball: Led the Fighting Irish with 18 points in 59-42 win over Ballard.

Cameron Hiatt, King’s Boys Basketball: Had 30 points and 5 assists in 89-60 win over Lake Stevens. Hiatt and Hansen’s 30-plus point games mark the first time in King’s history there were two 30-point scorers in a game.

Alyson Deaver, Sumner Girls Basketball: Scored 33 points in 81-54 win over over Bellarmine Prep. 

A’treonia Garner, Spanaway Lake Girls Basketball: The high-scoring guard exploded for 34 points and nine rebounds in a loss to Bonney Lake. She had 23 points earlier in the week in a 3A PCL win over Mount Tahoma.

Addison Harris, Camas Girls Basketball: The sophomore forward posted a double-double – 18 points, 12 rebounds – in a key 4A GSHL victory over Skyview.

Ella Koebelin, Klahowya Girls Basketball: The senior point guard erupted for a season-high 27 points on 11-of-20 shooting, with eight rebounds and four steals in a win over Life Christian Academy.

Giselle Dogan, Jackson Girls Basketball: The sophomore scored a season-high 31 points, 23 coming in the second half, in her team’s loss to Mountlake Terrace.

Olivia Moore, Mead Girls Basketball: The senior point guard poured in a game-high 25 points, and the Panthers remained undefeated with a win over Ferris.

Malia Ruud, Chiawana Girls Basketball: The ninth grader registered a game-high 24 points and 16 rebounds in a loss to Lake City, Idaho, and 18 points in wins over Walla Walla and Kamiakin.