From Cate to the Red Carpet
July 09, 2012

Ema Boateng '13 joined Gatorade Top Players in Hollywood Celebration

Ema Boateng '13 during the 2012 soccer season. 
 
 Ema Boateng '13 raises the Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year trophy in a special assembly after
the surprise awarding in May.
Ema Boateng '13 joined fellow Gatorade Player of the Year nominees in a Hollywood celebration on July 10, where the top high school athletic honor was presented. Boateng, who was named Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year in May, will attend UCSB next year. The standout mid-fielder, who helped lead Cate to a winning 2012 season on the pitch, was raised in Ghana. Read the story here.

2011-12 Male Nominees (Hometown – Bound For)

·         Football –  Johnathan Gray (Aledo, Texas – Texas)

·         Boys Cross Country – Futsum Zeinasellassie (Indianapolis, Ind. – Northern Arizona)

·         Boys Soccer – Ema Boateng (Carpinteria, Calif. – UC-Santa Barbara)

·         Boys Basketball – Jabari Parker (Chicago, Ill. –  Senior/Simeon Career Academy)

·         Baseball – Lance McCullers Jr. (Tampa, Fla. – Houston Astros Org.)

·         Boys Track & Field – Abraham Hall (Grand Prairie, Texas – Army)

 

2011-12 Female Nominees (Hometown – Bound For)

·         Volleyball – Jordan Burgess (Tampa, Fla. – Stanford)

·         Girls Cross Country – Molly Seidel (Hartland, Wis. – Notre Dame)

·         Girls Soccer – Morgan Andrews (Milford, N.H. – Senior/Milford High School)

·         Girls Basketball – Breanna Stewart (Cicero, N.Y. – Connecticut)

·         Softball – Geri Ann Glasco (Watkinsville, Ga. – Georgia)

·         Girls Track & Field – Shelbi Vaughan (Mansfield, Texas – Texas A&M)

 

Scheduled award presenters include  Robert Griffin III, Alonzo Mourning, Lisa Leslie, and Brandi Chastain.

The Gatorade Player of the Year Award is the most prestigious high school athletic award in the nation. Since 1985, Gatorade has recognized State and National Players of the Year in 12 sports (six male, six female). In addition to athletic performance, Gatorade Players of the Year must excel in the classroom and demonstrate strong character. Winners are selected by a panel of nationwide sportswriters and commentators.

In 2002-03, Gatorade expanded the award program to include a year-end event bringing together its 12 National Players of the Year and naming one male and one female as the top high school athletes in the country – the Gatorade High School Athletes of the Year. The 2011-12 event will mark the award’s 10th annual ceremony.