As an official partner of the Illinois High School Association, Gatorade is in the IHSA and in high school student-athletes competing at IHSA state finals.

Gatorade annually recognize some of the best and brightest in Illinois by naming Gatorade Players of the Year in 12 sports, including Football, Girls Volleyball, Boys & Girls Cross Country, Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Soccer, Baseball, Softball and Boys & Girls Track & Field.

The 2015-16 Gatorade Illinois Players of the Year are listed below by sport, while you can click here for past winners, as well as more on this year’s honorees from Gatorade:

FOOTBALL
Sam Brodner, Glenbard West

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Molly Haggerty, St. Francis

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Judy Pendergast, Naperville North

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Jon Davis, Oakwood

BOYS SOCCER
Ty Seager, Wheaton Academy

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kiara Lewis, Whitney Young

BOYS BASKETBALL
Charlie Moore, Morgan Park

GIRLS SOCCER
Kelly Maday, New Trier

BASEBALL
Tyler Fitzgerald, Rochester

SOFTBALL
Caroline Hedgcock, Downers Grove South

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Kathleen Young, Warrensburg-Latham

BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Sean Torpy, Sandburg