On Wednesday, Gatorade released its state-by-state winners for its annual Player of the Year awards.
Standout boys athletes from each state were selected as the top performers across the outdoor track and field season. The National Boys Player of the Year will be selected next by Gatorade, and then the organization will move on to the girls awards.
For links to each of the POY athlete's profiles, check out the data below.
State-By-State Boys Outdoor Track and Field POY '22 Winners
state | name | school |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Maddox Hamm | Scottsboro |
| Alaska | Daniel Abramowicz | West Valley |
| Arizona | Yan Vazquez | Red Mountain |
| Arkansas | Isaiah Sategna | Fayetteville |
| California | Colin Sahlman | Newbury Park |
| Connecticut | Gary Moore Jr. | Hillhouse |
| Delaware | Yougendy Mauricette | Sussex Technical |
| D.C. | Nyckoles Harbor | Archbishop Carroll |
| Florida | Micah Larry | Montverde Academy |
| Georgia | Will Sumner | Woodstock |
| Hawaii | Jordan McQueen | Kapolei |
| Idaho | Landon Helms | Emmett |
| Illinois | Ryan Watts | Edwardsville |
| Indiana | Tucker Smith | Columbus North |
| Iowa | Walker Whalen | Indianola |
| Kansas | Casey Helm | Madison |
| Kentucky | Cade Flatt | Marshall County |
| Louisiana | Jack Larriviere | Jesuit |
| Maine | Andrew Farr | Gorham |
| Maryland | Judson Lincoln | Oakland Mills |
| Massachusetts | James Donahue | Belmont School |
| Michigan | Zane Forist | Carson Crystal City |
| Minnesota | Ramy Ayoub | Farmington |
| Mississippi | Jordan Anthony | Tylertown |
| Missouri | Connor Burns | Southern Boone County |
| Montana | Garret Coley | Bozeman Gallatin |
| Nebraska | Jaylen Lloyd | Omaha Boys & Girls |
| Nevada | Kutoven Stevens | Yerington |
| New Hampshire | Pierce Seigne | Hanover |
| New Jersey | Greg Foster | Lawrenceville School |
| New Mexico | Kayden Gonzalez | Farmington |
| New York | Michael Pinckney | HS For Construction |
| North Dakota | Logan Arason | Red River |
| Ohio | Nick Plant | Canfield |
| Oklahoma | Jayden Rowe | Union City |
| Oregon | Caleb Lakeman | Tualatin |
| Pennsyvlania | Gary Martin | Archbishop Wood |
| Rhode Island | Devan Kipyego | St. Raphael Academy |
| South Carolian | Tmars McCallum | Carolina Forest |
| South Dakota | Simeon Birnbaum | Rapid City Stevens |
| Tennessee | Jordan Ware | Memphis Central |
| Texas | Pierre Goree | Duncanville |
| Utah | Elias Gerald | Westlake |
| Vermont | Evan Thornton-Sherman | St. Johnsbury Academy |
| Virginia | Deondre Hardy | Nansemond River |
| Washington | Jeremiah Nubbe | Rainier |
| West Virginia | Larry Josh Edwards | University |
| Wisconsin | Drew Regnier | Waunakee |
| Wyoming | Texas Tanner | Sheridan |