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Fowler loses... but still wins big

Posted by Dave Cooney: email

After back to back National Softball Player of the Year awards, back to back state titles, what else could CDO prep superstar Kenzie Fowler have to win?  How about Gatorade's National Female Athlete of the Year award. 

Even though Fowler has reached the pinnacle of success in high school athletics and recieved national recognition during her high school career, for the second year in a row Fowler fell short of the ultimate high school award.  But c'mon, do you really think this puts a damper on her future, I don't think so.

Here's more on Fowlers incredibly unique story and where it has taken her.

http://proactivept.com/joomla/content/view/44/127/

Also, click on the window to the right to view the video from Wednesday's sportscast. 

LOS ANGELES, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The biggest names in high school and professional sports convened in Hollywood today as Gatorade honored the top prep male and female athletes with the seventh annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year awards. Gatorade National Football Player of the Year Garrett Gilbert (Lake Travis HS/Austin, Texas) was named Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year, while Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year Skylar Diggins (Washington HS/South Bend, Ind.) received Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year honors.

2009 GATORADE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES The 2008-09 Gatorade National Players of the Year (see below) representing six male and six female sports were nominees for the Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year awards.

FEMALE Volleyball Gina Mancuso Papillion-La Vista University of High School Nebraska (Papillion, NE) Cross Jordan Hasay Mission College Prep Undecided Country (San Luis Obispo, CA) Basketball Skylar Diggins Washington High School University of (South Bend, IN) Notre Dame Soccer Rachel Quon Lake Forest High School Stanford (Lake Forest, IL) University Softball Kenzie Fowler Canyon del Oro University of High School Arizona (Oro Valley, AZ) Track & Anna Jelmini Shafter High School Arizona State Field (Shafter, CA) University

MALE Football Garrett Gilbert Lake Travis University High School of Texas (Austin, TX) Cross Reed Connor The Woodlands Undecided Country High School (The Woodlands, TX) Basketball Brandon Knight Pine Crest School Senior in (Fort Lauderdale, FL) High School Soccer Dillon Powers Plano Senior University of High School Notre Dame (Plano, TX) Baseball Matt Hobgood Norco High School Baltimore Orioles (Norco, CA) Org. Track & Curtis Beach Albuquerque Academy Duke University Field (Albuquerque, N.M.)

PAST GATORADE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Former winners of Gatorade Male and Female High School Athlete of the Year honors include: 2003 Male: LeBron James / Basketball (Arkron, OH / Cleveland Cavaliers) Female: Allyson Felix / Track & Field (Los Angeles, CA / USA Track & Field) 2004 Male: Dwight Howard / Basketball (Atlanta, GA / Orlando Magic) Female: Candace Parker / Basketball (Naperville, IL / Los Angeles Sparks) 2005 Male: Greg Paulus / Football (Syracuse, NY / Syracuse University) Female: Cynthia Barboza / Volleyball (Long Beach, CA / USA Volleyball) 2006 Male: Greg Oden / Basketball (Indianapolis, IN / Portland Trailblazers) Female: Tina Charles / Basketball (New York, NY / University of Connecticut) 2007 Male: Kevin Love / Basketball (Lake Oswego, OR / Minnesota Timberwolves) Female: Maya Moore / Basketball (Suwanee, GA / University of Connecticut) 2008 Male: Matt Barkley / Football (Santa Ana, CA / University of Southern California) Female: Chanelle Price / Track & Field (Easton, PA / University of Tennessee)