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 2014-15 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
Gabe Green, Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield)
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Molly Haggerty, St. Francis (Wheaton)
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Jesse Reiser, McHenry
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Maryjeanne Gilbert, Notre Dame (Peoria)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Jalen Brunson, Stevenson
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Haley Gorecki, Fremd
BOYS SOCCER
Ty Seager, Wheaton Academy
GIRLS SOCCER
Jenna Szczesny, Barrington
BASEBALL
Charlie Donovan, Westmont
SOFTBALL
Taylor Johnson, Beecher
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Ja’Mari Ward, Cahokia
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Brittny Ellis, Warren (Gurnee)