Miami Herald High School Athlete of the Week 32: Giordan del Riesgo of Belen volleyball

Giordan del Riesgo of the Belen Jesuit boys’ volleyball team is the Miami Herald Athlete of the Week for Week 32.

The junior had 25 assists, 5 digs and 3 aces as the Wolverines won the Region 4-2A title by beating Varela 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19. He had 24 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces, and 7 digs in a 5-set region semifinal win over Pembroke Pines Charter.

Other nominees were: Nick Castillo, Archbishop McCarthy boys’ volleyball; Raymond Hawkins, Flanagan track & field; Courtney Wahlbrink, Coral Springs Charter softball; Cash Remington, Cardinal Gibbons boys’ volleyball; Gianluca Padilla, Columbus track & field; Olivia Higgins, Coral Springs track & field; Esaul Pena, Miami Springs baseball; and Analys Uriarte, Schoolhouse Prep softball.

To be considered for a nomination as a Broward or Miami-Dade high school varsity athlete, email hssports@miamiherald.com.

Jim Varsallone

Miami Herald

305-376-3621

Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription