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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Arizona

Gatorade Player of the year

Taylor Drewry

Runner
BASHA HS
CHANDLER, ARIZONA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 18:05.8

AIA Division I state meet
“Drewry parlayed repeated lopsided victories against the state’s top challengers into a third consecutive Division I crown, but her newfound success on the regional postseason scene validates her rise to national-elite status.”
Rich Gonzalez
Editor - PrepCalTrack

Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot senior won her third straight AIA Division I state meet this past season with a time of 18:05.8, breaking the tape 25.7 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor. Drewry earned  Second Team All-Region honors at both the Nike Cross Southwest Regional and the Brooks West Regional meets. She was also the state’s top finisher at Desert Twilight and the Woodbridge Classic, two nationally elite invitationals. 

Academic Achievement

Drewry has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She remains undecided upon a college destination. 

Exemplary Character

Her school’s Homecoming Queen, Drewry has volunteered locally supporting the underserved on behalf of AZCEND and Feed My Starving Children. She has also donated her time to Letters for Rose, a school-run organization minimizing loneliness of the elderly through written letters, art and other donations to local nursing facilities.