Gatorade released its list of Player of the Year award recipients for each of the 50 states, and New England’s six winners include two commits to Vanderbilt and one each at University of Southern California, Merrimack College, Northwestern, and Fairfield.
The Gatorade State Player of the Year award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.
The Gatorade selection committee factored in players’ baseball achievements from the 2023 season as well as their scholastic accomplishments during the 2022-23 academic year.
Here are the bios for the Gatorade State Player of the Year selections for Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.