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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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2024 - 2025
Dee Alexander
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2023 - 2024
Dee Alexander
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2022 - 2023
Sole' Williams
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2021 - 2022
Chance Gray
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2020 - 2021
KK Bransford
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2019 - 2020
Madeline Westbeld
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2018 - 2019
Jordan Horston
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2017 - 2018
Kierstan Bell
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2016 - 2017
Dee Bekelja
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2015 - 2016
Jensen Caretti
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2014 - 2015
Hallie Thome
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2013 - 2014
Kelsey Mitchell
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2012 - 2013
Bianca Quisenberry
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2011 - 2012
Malina Howard
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2010 - 2011
Ally Malott
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2009 - 2010
Amy Scullion
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2008 - 2009
Mikaela Ruef
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2007 - 2008
Shay Selby
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2006 - 2007
Jantel Lavender
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2005 - 2006
Carla Jacobs
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2004 - 2005
Star Allen
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2003 - 2004
Marscilla Parker
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2002 - 2003
Brittany Hunter
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2001 - 2002
Barbara Turner
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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2000 - 2001
Michelle Munoz
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1999 - 2000
Allison Lipinski
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1998 - 1999
LaToya Turner
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1997 - 1998
NATIONAL WINNER
Tamika Williams
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1996 - 1997
Semeka Randall
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1995 - 1996
Helen Darling
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1994 - 1995
Beth Ostendorf
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1993 - 1994
Na'sheema Hillmon
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1992 - 1993
Jannon Roland
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1991 - 1992
NATIONAL WINNER
Katie Smith
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1990 - 1991
Vonda Ward
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1989 - 1990
Tonya Booker
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1988 - 1989
Monica Taylor
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1987 - 1988
Erica Floyd
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1986 - 1987
Jackie Kenney
Girls Basketball
Ohio
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1985 - 1986
Kelly Lyons
Girls Basketball
Ohio

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