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 2017-18 Gatorade Illinois Players of the Year are listed below by sport, while you can
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past winners, as well as more on this year’s honorees from Gatorade:
FOOTBALL
Samson Evans, Prairie Ridge
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Mica Allison, St. Thomas More
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Katelynne Hart, Glenbard West
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Danny Kilrea, Lyons
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Brea Beal, Rock Island
BOYS BASKETBALL
EJ Liddell, Belleville West
GIRLS SOCCER
Hailey Rydberg, St. Charles North
BOYS SOCCER
Tommy Welch, Naperville North
BASEBALL
Matt McCormick, St. Laurence
SOFTBALL
Bailey Dowling, St. Joseph-Ogden
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Katelynne Hart, Glenbard West
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Marcellus Moore, Plainfield North