Nominate Now: Athletes of the Winter Season

Patch  will launch its Athlete of the Season polls for Oakland County next week, and it's time for family members, teammates and coaches to nominate their choices for Royak Oak's top winter athlete.

After the nominations are in, Patch editors will review them.

How to nominate

Parents, teammates, fans or coaches may nominate athletes until 5 p.m. Friday in two ways:

• In the comments area below, enter the nominee's name, school, sport and the reasons for the nomination
• Upload a photo or video of the nominee, and include the information in the caption.

Please give as much detailed information as possible on why the nominee is a deserving candidate for the award.

If you have any questions about the nomination process, feel free to email Patch sportswriter Mike Niziolek.

What else you should know

Winners from our weekly polls are automatically considered for this Patch Athlete of the Season recognition. In Royal Oak, there have been several athletes in the athlete of the week polls; in fact, was the Patch Athlete of the Week for Feb. 20-25 and Royal Oak's was the  Feb. 6-11 Patch Athlete of the Week.

Last fall, was voted athlete of the season by Royal Oak Patch readers, who voted among

Nominations will be just one of the factors considered in choosing the list of athletes who will be in the poll, which will go online next Tuesday, March 27.