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SF Jamal Bey lands Gatorade Player of the Year award

By Bret Stuter

KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 06: Head coach Mike Hopkins of the Washington Huskies celebrates with players after a basket during the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at the Sprint Center on December 6, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 06: Head coach Mike Hopkins of the Washington Huskies celebrates with players after a basket during the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at the Sprint Center on December 6, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 16: Gatorade athlete of the year Karl Towns and Kentucky coach John Calipari attends The 2014 ESPYS at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 16: Gatorade athlete of the year Karl Towns and Kentucky coach John Calipari attends The 2014 ESPYS at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) /

GPOTY – Gatorade Player of the Year

He also upgraded to the Gatorade Player of the Year as well. That is an incredibly praiseworthy distinction, as it automatically places Bey in the company of some distinguished basketball players.

The Gatorade Player of the Year is almost a “who’s who” of incredibly talented basketball players.

Award history

The last 10 receipients were:
Year       Player                             Hometown                       School
2007     Kevin Love                     Lake Oswego, OR           UCLA
2008     Jrue Holiday                  North Hollywood, CA     UCLA
2009     Brandon Knight           Fort Lauderdale, FL        Kentucky
2010     Brandon Knight           Fort Lauderdale, FL        Kentucky
2011     Bradley Beal                 St. Louis, MO                   Florida
2012     Jabari Parker                 Chicago, IL                        Duke
2013     Andrew Wiggins          Thornhill, ON, Canada   Kansas
2014     Karl-Anthony Towns  Metuchen, NJ                   Kentucky
2015     Ben Simmons               Melbourne, AUS             LSU
2016     Jayson Tatum                St. Louis, MO                  Duke
2017     Michael Porter Jr.         Columbia, MO                Missouri

As you can see above, they have two things in common. They are all award recipents. And they all flourishing NBA careers(sans Michael Porter Jr. – who has yet to be drafted). That’s a prestigious group, and certainly not a listing of ordinary players.

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