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Gatorade announced today the 2020-2021 Softball State Players of the Year for each state. The Gatorade National Player of the Year will be announced in the near future, as early as next week.
In its 36th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company announced earlier Firday its Gatorade Softball State Players of the Year.
Scroll down to see the complete 2020-2021 list (click on the the state name to link to the winner’s page)
Click HERE to see the Gatorade 2019-2020 State Softball Players of the Year
Click HERE to see the Gatorade 2018-2019 State Softball Players of the Year
Click HERE to see the Gatorade 2017-2018 State Softball Players of the Year
The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Each state finalist is a candidate for the prestigious Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year award to be announced soon.
Past state softball award-winners include Catherine Osterman (2000-01, Cy Spring High School, Texas), Kelsey Stewart (2009-10, Arkansas City High School, Kan.), Carley Hoover (2012-13 D.W. Daniel High School, S.C.), Jenna Lilley (2012-13, Hoover High School, Ohio), Morgan Zerkle (2012-13 Cabell Midland High School, W. Va.), and Rachel Garcia (2014-15, Highland High School, Calif.).
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport.
From the 12 national winners, one male and one female athlete are each named Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year. In all, 607 athletes are honored each year.
Since the program’s inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming coaches, business owners and educators.
To learn more about the Gatorade Player of the Year program, check out past winners or to nominate student-athletes, visit the Gatorade Softball State Player of the Year website; Facebook at www.facebook.com/GatoradePOY or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Gatorade.
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Gatorade 2020-2021 Softball State Players of the Year
Click on the STATE link in the table below to read each winner’s press release
| State | First | Last | School | City | ST |
| ALABAMA | Annabelle | Widra | Spain Park HS | Hoover | AL |
| ALASKA | Sabrina | Jolin | South Anchorage HS | Anchorage | AK |
| ARIZONA | Kaitlyn | Terry | Greenway HS | Phoenix | AZ |
| ARKANSAS | Emily | Perry | Bentonville HS | Bentonville | AR |
| CALIFORNIA | Sydney | Somerndike | Villa Park HS | Villa Park | CA |
| COLORADO | Katie | Dack-Howell | Rock Canyon HS | Highlands Ranch | CO |
| CONNECTICUT | Sophie | Garner-MacKinnon | Hall HS | West Hartford | CT |
| DELAWARE | Graceyn | Frost | Delaware Military Academy | Wilmington | DE |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Caroline | Roy | Maret School | Washington | DC |
| FLORIDA | Julia | Knowler | Fort Myers HS | Fort Myers | FL |
| GEORGIA | Megan | Bloodworth | Crisp County HS | Cordele | GA |
| HAWAII | Jenna | Sniffen | Maryknoll School | Honolulu | HI |
| IDAHO | Delaney | Keith | Skyview HS | Nampa | ID |
| ILLINOIS | Abby | Dunning | Marist HS | Chicago | IL |
| INDIANA | Keagan | Rothrock | Roncalli HS | Indianapolis | IN |
| IOWA | Ayana | Lindsey | Iowa City HS | Iowa City | IA |
| KANSAS | Nija | Canady | Topeka HS | Topeka | KS |
| LOUISIANA | Maci | Bergeron | Notre Dame HS | Crowley | LA |
| MAINE | Anna | Cornell | Cape Elizabeth HS | Cape Elizabeth | ME |
| MARYLAND | Madison | Knight | Patterson Mill HS | Bel Air | MD |
| MASSACHUSETTS | Giana | LaCedra | Lowell HS | Lowell | MA |
| MICHIGAN | Kali | Heivilin | Three Rivers HS | Three Rivers | MI |
| MISSISSIPPI | Paige | Kilgore | Houston HS | Houston | MS |
| MISSOURI | Julia | Crenshaw | Fort Zumwalt West HS | O’Fallon | MO |
| MONTANA | Kynzie | Mohl | Glacier HS | Kalispell | MT |
| NEBRASKA | Jordyn | Bahl | Papillion-La Vista HS | Papillion | NE |
| NEVADA | Hailey | McLean | Spanish Springs HS | Sparks | NV |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Nicole | Basil | Winnacunnet HS | Hampton | NH |
| NEW JERSEY | Ava | Metzger | Colts Neck HS | Colts Neck | NJ |
| NEW MEXICO | RyLee | Crandall | Artesia HS | Artesia | NM |
| NEW YORK | Shannon | Becker | Mahopac HS | Mahopac | NY |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Karlyn | Pickens | North Buncombe HS | Weaverville | NC |
| NORTH DAKOTA | Maddy | Zander | Century HS | Bismarck | ND |
| OHIO | Madi | Ogden | Williamsburg HS | Williamsburg | OH |
| OKLAHOMA | Emmy | Guthrie | Lone Grove HS | Lone Grove | OK |
| OREGON | Addisen | Fisher | Bend HS | Bend | OR |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Mady | Volpe | North Penn HS | Lansdale | PA |
| RHODE ISLAND | Haley | Venturini | Scituate HS | North Scituate | RI |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Haylee | Whitesides | Byrnes HS | Duncan | SC |
| TENNESSEE | Sydney | Berzon | Baylor School | Chattanooga | TN |
| TEXAS | Sophia | Simpson | Barbers Hill HS | Mont Belvieu | TX |
| UTAH | Avery | Sapp | Spanish Fork HS | Spanish Fork | UT |
| VERMONT | Kelleigh | Simpson | Lyndon Institute | Lyndon Center | VT |
| VIRGINIA | Emerson | Aiken | Glen Allen HS | Glen Allen | VA |
| WASHINGTON | Nicola | Simpson | Garfield HS | Seattle | WA |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Tayven | Stephenson | St. Albans HS | St. Albans | WV |
| WISCONSIN | Paytn | Monticelli | Cedarburg HS | Cedarburg | WI |