Chet Holmgren Named 2020-21 Gatorade® National Boys Basketball Player of the Year
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --In its 36th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Chet Holmgren of Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn. is the 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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- MINNEAPOLIS, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --In its 36th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Chet Holmgren of Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn. is the 2020-21 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
- Jalen Suggs virtually surprised Holmgren with the news, while his family, coaches and teammates showed up with the trophy at school.
- The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court, distinguishes Holmgren as the nation's best high school boys basketball player.
- A national advisory panel comprised of sport-specific experts and sports journalists helped select Holmgren from nearly half a million high school basketball players nationwide.