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KIKI RICE AND COLIN SAHLMAN NAMED GATORADE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
JJ Watt Presents Most Prestigious Award in High School Sports to Nation's Top Athletes LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight at the Gatorade High
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[{"type":"text","content":"JJ Watt Presents Most Prestigious Award in High School Sports to Nation's Top Athletes\nLOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight at the Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year awards, Kiki Rice was named the 2022 Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year and Colin Sahlman was named the 2022 Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year. Sahlman is the first-ever boys cross country athlete to win the award and Rice is further solidifying her multi-sport dominance, having won both the Gatorade Washington D.C. Girls Soccer and Basketball Player of the Year award twice in her high school career.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe winners were announced at Gatorade's first in-person awards show since 2019, with a completely new look and feel thanks to influential artist Drake Cereal and host Taylor Rooks. Gatorade revamped its historically intimate award show to welcome the next generation of athletes to the family with the hottest ticket in high school sports. The exclusive ceremony was attended by sports influencers, professional athletes and former Gatorade Players of the Year, including:\nAshlyn Harris, NJ/NY Gotham FC, US Women's National Team goalkeeper and 2003-04 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the YearJaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons guard and fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA DraftHaley Jones, Stanford Women's Basketball point-forward, 2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year, and two-time Gatorade California Girls Basketball Player of the YearRenee Montgomery, former WNBA player and 2005-06 Gatorade New Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the YearJJ Watt, Arizona Cardinals defensive end, three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year\"We brought together our Gatorade National Players of the Year for a one-of-a-kind, star-studded award ceremony and after party to recognize and celebrate the nation's most outstanding high school student-athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character,\" said Gatorade President and General Manager Michael Del Pozzo. \"Joining the likes of Paige Bueckers, Sydney McLaughlin and Jayson Tatum, there's no doubt this year's winners of the prestigious Gatorade Athlete of the Year award have incredibly bright futures ahead.\"\nMaking this year's celebration even more special, each of the 12 nominees is memorialized in a...