Gatorade Player of the Year

The Gatorade Player of the Year award for baseball has been handed out to the top high school baseball player in the United States annually since 1989. Gatorade Player of the Year awards are also handed out to top athletes in other sports, including football and basketball, and at the state level.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Hometown	College
1986	Gary Sheffield	Tampa, FL	Did not attend
1987	Willie Banks	Jersey City, NJ	Did not attend
1988	Mark Lewis	Hamilton, OH	Did not attend
1989	Jeff Jackson	Chicago, IL	Did not attend
1990	Todd Van Poppel	Arlington, TX	Did not attend
1991	Brian Barber	Orlando, FL	Did not attend
1992	A.J. Hinch	Midwest City, OK	Stanford University
1993	Alex Rodriguez	Miami, FL	Did not attend
1994	Doug Million	Sarasota, FL	Miami
1995	Chad Hutchinson	San Diego, CA	Stanford University (football)
1996	Matt White	Waynesboro, PA	Did not attend
1997	Darnell McDonald	Englewood, CO	Did not attend
1998	Drew Henson	Brighton, MI	Michigan (football)
1999	B.J. Garbe	Moses Lake, WA	Did not attend
2000	Jason Stokes	Coppell, TX	Did not attend
2001	Casey Kotchman	Seminole, FL	Did not attend
2002	Zack Greinke	Apopka, FL	Did not attend
2003	Chris Lubanski	Collegeville, PA	Did not attend
2004	Mark Rogers	Topsham, ME	Did not attend
2005	Justin Upton	Chesapeake, VA	Did not attend
2006	Clayton Kershaw	Dallas, TX	Did not attend
2007	Rick Porcello	West Orange, NJ	Did not attend
2008	Kyle Skipworth	Riverside, CA	Did not attend
2009	Matt Hobgood	Norco, CA	Did not attend
2010	Kaleb Cowart	Adel, GA	Did not attend
2011	Dylan Bundy	Owasso, OK	Did not attend
2012	Lance McCullers Jr.	Tampa, FL	Did not attend
2013	Clint Frazier	Loganville, GA	Did not attend
2014	Justus Sheffield	Tullahoma, TN	Did not attend
2015	Luken Baker	Conroe, TX	Texas Christian University
2016	Kyle Muller	Dallas, TX	Did not attend
2017	MacKenzie Gore	Whiteville, NC	Did not attend
2018	Ryan Weathers	Loretto, TN	Did not attend
2019	Bobby Witt Jr.	Colleyville, TX	Did not attend
2020	No award
2021	Dylan Lesko	Buford, GA	Did not attend
2022	Brock Porter	Orchard Lake Village, MI	Did not attend
2023	Max Clark	Franklin, IN	Did not attend