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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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Charles Pearson
Boys Cross Country
Alabama
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Katahdin Staples
Boys Cross Country
Alaska
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2025 - 2026
Yohanes van Meerten
Boys Cross Country
Arizona
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2025 - 2026
Brian Burns
Boys Cross Country
Arkansas
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2025 - 2026
Conor Lott
Boys Cross Country
California
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2025 - 2026
Hunter Robbie
Boys Cross Country
Colorado
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2025 - 2026
Nathan Lee
Boys Cross Country
Connecticut
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2025 - 2026
Dylan McCarthy
Boys Cross Country
Delaware
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2025 - 2026
Anthony Sarro
Boys Cross Country
District Of Columbia
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2025 - 2026
Marcelo Mantecon
Boys Cross Country
Florida
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2025 - 2026
Cameron Collier
Boys Cross Country
Georgia
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2025 - 2026
James Millare
Boys Cross Country
Hawaii
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2025 - 2026
Hyrum Tuft
Boys Cross Country
Idaho
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2025 - 2026
Philip Cupial
Boys Cross Country
Illinois
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2025 - 2026
Calvin Seitz
Boys Cross Country
Indiana
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2025 - 2026
Quentin Nauman
Boys Cross Country
Iowa
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2025 - 2026
Alex Roberts
Boys Cross Country
Kansas
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2025 - 2026
Paul Van Laningham
Boys Cross Country
Kentucky
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Brady Monahan
Boys Cross Country
Louisiana
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2025 - 2026
Alex Gilbert
Boys Cross Country
Maine
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2025 - 2026
Kaden Omopariola
Boys Cross Country
Maryland
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2025 - 2026
Landon Sarney
Boys Cross Country
Massachusetts
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2025 - 2026
Kamari Ronfeldt
Boys Cross Country
Michigan
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2025 - 2026
Sean Fries
Boys Cross Country
Minnesota
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2025 - 2026
Andrew Brown
Boys Cross Country
Mississippi
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Jack McGovern
Boys Cross Country
Missouri
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Miles Halvorsen
Boys Cross Country
Montana
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2025 - 2026
David Krier
Boys Cross Country
Nebraska
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2025 - 2026
Carter Prater
Boys Cross Country
Nevada
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2025 - 2026
Sullivan Sturtz
Boys Cross Country
New Hampshire
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2025 - 2026
Luke Hnatt
Boys Cross Country
New Jersey
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Nicholas Ponte
Boys Cross Country
New Mexico
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2025 - 2026
Claudel Chery
Boys Cross Country
New York
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Kavi Gibson
Boys Cross Country
North Carolina
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Owen Hintz
Boys Cross Country
North Dakota
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Brice Fuller
Boys Cross Country
Ohio
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2025 - 2026
Dominic Matthias
Boys Cross Country
Oklahoma
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Jayden Warner
Boys Cross Country
Oregon
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Nicholas Mazzeo
Boys Cross Country
Pennsylvania
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2025 - 2026
Sean Gray
Boys Cross Country
Rhode Island
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2025 - 2026
Jackson Tuck
Boys Cross Country
South Carolina
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Mikah Peters
Boys Cross Country
South Dakota
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Andrew Beroset
Boys Cross Country
Tennessee
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2025 - 2026
Caden Leonard
Boys Cross Country
Texas
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2025 - 2026
Jackson Spencer
Boys Cross Country
Utah
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2025 - 2026
Ben Holoch
Boys Cross Country
Vermont
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2025 - 2026
Joshua Taylor
Boys Cross Country
Virginia
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2025 - 2026
Cohen Butler
Boys Cross Country
Washington
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2025 - 2026
Micah Gainer
Boys Cross Country
West Virginia
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Lucas Tanner
Boys Cross Country
Wisconsin
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2025 - 2026
Colton Cranney
Boys Cross Country
Wyoming

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