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Announcing the 21st year of the Gatorade[R] national High School Player of the year.


For 20 years, the Years, The

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 Gatorade High School Player of the Year Awards have been the most sought-after prizes in interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic  
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Existing or conducted between or among schools.



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 sports. We are proud to be entering our third decade, and again, we invite you, the nation's coaches and athletic directors-the most knowledgeable judges of high school talent-to help us select the right student-athletes: kids who excel both on the field and in the classroom, for this prestigious honor.

All you have to do is fill out the accompanying ballot or log onto Gatorade.com/playeroftheyear and help identify the 500 top state and 10 national players of the year in football, girls volleyball, boys and girls boys and girls

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 soccer, boys and girls basketball, base-ball, softball and boys and girls track & field.

Then in July 2006, a panel of 50 top sportswriters and commentators will select the Male and Female Gatorade High School Athletes of the Year from among the 10 individual Player of the Year winners, based on their individual ability, team play, leadership ability, contributions to their team's success, and contributions to their sport. The winners will be announced just prior to July's ESPY Awards This article is about the sports award. For other uses, see Espy (disambiguation).
The ESPY Awards is an annual sports awards event created and broadcast by American cable television network ESPN.
.

PAST WINNERS

BOYS BASKETBALL Greg Oden Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988, in Buffalo, Oregon) is an American basketball player, currently playing for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. While in high school, Oden was named the PARADE , Dwight Howard Dwight David Howard (born December 8, 1985, in Atlanta, Georgia[1]) is an American basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). , LeBron James (2002, '03), Kelvin Torbert, Jared Jeffries, LaVell Blanchard, Al Harrington, Baron Davis, Kobe Bryant, Stephon Marbury, Felipe Lopez, Randy Livingston, Corliss Williamson, Chris Webber, Damon Bailey, Kenny Anderson, Alonzo Mourning, La Bradford Smith, J. R. Reid Herman Reid, Jr., better known as J.R. Reid (born March 31 1968 in Virginia Beach, Virginia), is an American former professional basketball player for several NBA teams.

The 6'9", 247-pound (2.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL Abby Waner, Candace Parker (2003, '04), Ann Strother, Shyra Ely, Shereka Wright, Nicole Kaczmarski, Tamika Williams, Nikki Teasley, Iaime Walz, Stephanie White, Monick Foote, La'Keshia Frett, Katie Smith, Michelle Marciniak, Lisa Leslie, Lisa Harrison, Vicki Hall, Kris Durham, Susan Anderson.

VOLLEYBALL (began 1995) Cynthia Barboza (2004, '05), Kristin Richards, Bre Ladd, Ogonna Nnamani, April Ross, Logan Tom, Sara Sandrik, Denise Boylan, Kerri Walsh.

BOYS SOCCER Lee Nguyen, Pat Phelan, Greg Dalby, Jordan Harvey, Ned Grabavoy, Alecko Eskandarian, Kyle Martino, Nick Downing, Nick Garcia, Andy Kirk, Pierre Venditti, Andriy Shapowal, Mike Fisher, Matt McKeon, Claudio Reyna, Todd Haskins, Chris Henderson, Lyle Yorks, John Gwin, Kevin Hundelt.

GIRLS SOCCER (began 1997) Amy Rodriguez, Ashlyn Harris, Heather O'Reilly, Jill Oakes, Mary McDowell, Aleisha Cramer, Christie Welsh, Aly Wagner.

FOOTBALL Greg Paulus, Jeff Byers, Kyle Wright, Lorenzo Booker, Joe Mauer, Brock Berlin, Chris Lewis, Ronald Curry, Travis Minor, Tim Couch, Brock Huard, Peyton Manning, Ron Powlus, Chris Walsh, Marquette Smith, Robert Smith, Robert, 1757–1842, U.S. government official, b. Lancaster, Pa. Admitted to the bar in 1786, he practiced law in Baltimore before serving in the Maryland state senate (1793–95) and in the Baltimore city council (1798–1801).  Smith, Terry Kirby, Curtis Bray, Emmitt Smith, Jeff George.

BOYS TRACK & FIELD Ryan Whiting, Jason Richardson, Kerron Clement, Brendan Christian, Alan Webb, Donald Sage, Jacob Freeman, Jon Stevens, Sharif Karie, Michael Granville, Michael Stember, Andre Scott, Charles Mitchell, Sheddric Fields, Bryan Bronson, Brent Noon, Dion Bentley, Art Skipper, Jr., Kamy Keshmiri, Eric Mastalier.

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD Brittany Daniels, Shalonda Solomon, Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards, Ychlindria Spears, Monique Henderson, Stacy Martin, Angela Williams, Kinshasa Davis, Kim Mortensen, Joanna Hayes, Suzy Powell, Marion Jones (1991, '92, '93), Melissa Weis, Angela Burnham, Chryste Gaines, Janeene Vickers, Yolanda Johnson.

BASEBALL Justin Upton, Mark Rogers, Chris Lubanski, Zack Greinke, Casey Kotchman, Jason Stokes, B.J. Garbe, Drew Henson, Darnell McDonald, Matt White, Chad Hutchinson, Doug Million, Alex Rodriguez, A. J. Hinch Andrew Jay Hinch (born May 15, 1974 in Waverly, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. Hinch played for the Oakland Athletics (1998-2000), Kansas City Royals (2001-02), Detroit Tigers (2003) and Philadelphia Phillies (2004). He batted and threw right-handed. , Brian Barber, Todd Van Poppel Todd Matthew Van Poppel (born December 9, 1971, in Hinsdale, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics (, -), Detroit Tigers (1996), Texas Rangers (, -), Pittsburgh Pirates (1998), Chicago Cubs (-), and Cincinnati Reds (2003-). , Jeff Jackson, Mark Lewis, Willie Banks, Gary Sheffield.

FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL (began 1998) Dani Hofer, Anjelica Selden, Lisa Dodd, Alicia Hollowell, Catherine Osterman, Tia Bollinger, Maureen LeCocq, Amanda Freed.

Plus over 8,300 outstanding State winners!

THE 2005-06 GATORADE ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRPERSONS

MEDIA

Chris Lawlor -- USA Today * Bruce Moran -- Newark (NJ) Star Ledger * Bill Buchalter -- Orlando Sentinel * Doug Huff -- Student Sports, Inc. * Stu Pospisil -- Omaha World -- Herald * Kurt Kragthorpe -- Salt Lake Tribune * David Barron -- Houston Chronicle * Larry Ames -- Ventura County (CA) Star * Christopher Dabe -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state.  * Doug Fritz -- Johnson City (TN) Press * John Gillooly -- Providence Journal * Bill Spencer -- Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

SPORT CHAIRS

Football -- Tom Lemming lemming, name for several species of mouselike rodents related to the voles. All live in arctic or northern regions, inhabiting tundra or open meadows. They frequently nest in underground burrows, particularly in winter, although they do not hibernate.  * Volleyball -- Barbara Boskovich * Boys Soccer -- Gene Chyzowych * Girls Soccer -- Shannon Higgins-Cirovski * Boys Basketball -- Joe Terranova * Girls Basketball -- Mike Flynn * Baseball -- Allan Simpson * Softball -- Doug Huff * Boys Track -- Jack Shepard * Girls Track -- Mike Kennedy

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