Vote for Blue FCU Fort Collins-area Girls Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2)

[ASFN Admin]

The Coloradoan is again proud to present our weekly Athlete of the Week series, partnering with Blue Federal Credit Union to honor the best Fort Collins-area high school athletes in the 2025-26 school year.

There are five nominees every week, and fans can vote every Monday through Thursday at coloradoan.com/sports.

This is the 19th week of the 2025-26 sports season as the winter sports season is hitting the home stretch with league championships starting to be determined.

You can find the nominees and the ballot below. Voting is open this week until 11:59 a.m. on Feb. 5, with the winner announced later that same day.

Fans can nominate their favorite athletes (deadline: 11:59 p.m. every Sunday) and the Coloradoan sports staff will ultimately select the nominees each week.

If you have nominations for a future Athlete of the Week, please send them via email to [email protected] for consideration.

Meet the Blue FCU Girls Athlete of the Week nominees​

The following Fort Collins-area girls athletes are nominated for their performances from Jan. 26-31:

• Addi Forrest, Poudre basketball: The Impalas junior continues to make an impact in every phase of the game. In three contests, Forrest combined for 32 points, 24 rebounds and six steals, including a 14-point, 16-rebound performance in Poudre's league win over Greeley West.
• Cody Monajjem, Wellington swimming: The two-time Class 3A state champion looks the part again, beating her 5A city counterparts handily on Senior Night. Monajjem swept the 100-yard backstroke and 200 freestyle City Meet titles, winning each event by over three seconds
• Paige Nguyen, Fossil Ridge swimming: The SaberCat junior was a key part in Fossil's third straight City Meet swimming title. Nguyen sprinted to a sweep in the 50 and 100 freestyles, winning both by over half a second — a wide margin in short-distance swims — to help hold off Rocky Mountain for the team crown.
• Devin Sharrock, Liberty Common wrestling: The Eagles junior is a conference champ after rolling to the 135 class title in the Patriot League. Sharrock extended her season record to a sparkling 23-4, winning a pair of matches by pin in the first period for her fourth event win this winter.
• Lauren Smith, Fossil Ridge basketball: Smith was all over the court in an outstanding all-around week. The SaberCat senior tied the program record with 18 rebounds in a win over Loveland and accounted for 20 points, 19 rebounds, five steals and five blocks in two games that Fossil split.

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Chris Abshire covers high school and community sports for the Coloradoan.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Poll: Vote for Blue FCU Fort Collins Girls Athlete of Week (Feb. 2)

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