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Florida Quarterback Named Nation's Top High School Gridiron Performer
OCALA, Fla., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In its third decade of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, Gatorade(R) Thirst Quencher, in partnership with RISE Magazine, today announced senior quarterback John Brantley of Trinity Catholic High School (Ocala, Fla.) as its 2006-07 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year.
The award, which recognizes not only athletic performance, but also meeting high academic-achievement standards while demonstrating exemplary personal character on and off the field, distinguishes Brantley as the nation's best high school football player. A national advisory board comprised of sportswriters and sport-specific experts from around the country selected Brantley from the more than one million high school football players nationwide. Brantley is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year Award, to be presented at an awards ceremony the afternoon prior to The ESPY Awards in July.…
Source: HighBeam Research, Gatorade National Football Player of the Year: John Brantley.