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The Best Student-Athletes In Every State

Gatorade State Players of the Year

The Gatorade State Player of the Year award was established in 1985 to recognize the nation’s most elite high school student athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement, and exemplary character.

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State Winners

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2023 - 2024
Ethan Edgeworth
Boys Track & Field
Alabama
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2023 - 2024
A'Lante Owens-Player
Boys Track & Field
Alaska
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2023 - 2024
Vance Nilsson
Boys Track & Field
Arizona
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2023 - 2024
Devyn Steingisser
Boys Track & Field
Arkansas
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2023 - 2024
Brandon Arrington
Boys Track & Field
California
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2023 - 2024
Scottie Vines
Boys Track & Field
Colorado
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2023 - 2024
Khalil Antoine
Boys Track & Field
Connecticut
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2023 - 2024
Ethan Walther
Boys Track & Field
Delaware
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2023 - 2024
Jake Odey-Jordan
Boys Track & Field
District Of Columbia
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2023 - 2024
NATIONAL WINNER
Christian Miller
Boys Track & Field
Florida
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2023 - 2024
Sidi Njie
Boys Track & Field
Georgia
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2023 - 2024
Yuta Cole
Boys Track & Field
Hawaii
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2023 - 2024
Noe Kemper
Boys Track & Field
Idaho
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2023 - 2024
Patrick Hilby
Boys Track & Field
Illinois
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2023 - 2024
Martin Barco
Boys Track & Field
Indiana
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2023 - 2024
Ryce Reynolds
Boys Track & Field
Iowa
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2023 - 2024
Clay Shively
Boys Track & Field
Kansas
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2023 - 2024
Riku Sugie
Boys Track & Field
Kentucky
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2023 - 2024
Paul Catalanatto, Jr.
Boys Track & Field
Louisiana
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2023 - 2024
Arnaud Sioho
Boys Track & Field
Maine
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2023 - 2024
Quincy Wilson
Boys Track & Field
Maryland
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2023 - 2024
Paul Bergeron
Boys Track & Field
Massachusetts
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2023 - 2024
Seth Norder
Boys Track & Field
Michigan
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2023 - 2024
Juriad Hughes, Jr.
Boys Track & Field
Minnesota
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2023 - 2024
Cooper Rodgers
Boys Track & Field
Mississippi
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2023 - 2024
Jackson Cantwell
Boys Track & Field
Missouri
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2023 - 2024
Nathan Neil
Boys Track & Field
Montana
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2023 - 2024
Sam Thomas
Boys Track & Field
Nebraska
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2023 - 2024
Preston Beery
Boys Track & Field
Nevada
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2023 - 2024
Nick Reynolds
Boys Track & Field
New Hampshire
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2023 - 2024
Benjamin Shue
Boys Track & Field
New Jersey
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2023 - 2024
Corbin Coombs
Boys Track & Field
New Mexico
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2023 - 2024
Neil Howard III
Boys Track & Field
New York
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2023 - 2024
Le'Ezra Brown
Boys Track & Field
North Carolina
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2023 - 2024
Riley Sunram
Boys Track & Field
North Dakota
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2023 - 2024
Dillon Morlock
Boys Track & Field
Ohio
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2023 - 2024
Braden Garrison
Boys Track & Field
Oklahoma
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2023 - 2024
Josiah Tostenson
Boys Track & Field
Oregon
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2023 - 2024
Drew Griffith
Boys Track & Field
Pennsylvania
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2023 - 2024
Zack Del Sasso
Boys Track & Field
Rhode Island
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2023 - 2024
Ian Johnson
Boys Track & Field
South Carolina
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2023 - 2024
Paul Hoekman
Boys Track & Field
South Dakota
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2023 - 2024
Hudson Allain
Boys Track & Field
Tennessee
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2023 - 2024
Jelani Watkins
Boys Track & Field
Texas
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2023 - 2024
Daniel Simmons
Boys Track & Field
Utah
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2023 - 2024
Andrew Thornton-Sherman
Boys Track & Field
Vermont
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2023 - 2024
Victor Olesen
Boys Track & Field
Virginia
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2023 - 2024
Owen Powell
Boys Track & Field
Washington
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2023 - 2024
Michael Lunsford
Boys Track & Field
West Virginia
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2023 - 2024
Benjamin Smith
Boys Track & Field
Wisconsin
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2023 - 2024
Gavin Stafford
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Wyoming

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