Last night at the 17th annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year awards, Kansas City’s first round pick (second overall) in last month’s draft, Bobby Witt Jr. was named the 2019 Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year. Kelley Lynch was named 2019 Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year. Witt is only the third baseball player to win the honor.
Lynch and Witt were honored at the awards dinner co-hosted by future NFL Hall-of-Famer, Peyton Manning and ESPN SportsCenter Host, Sage Steele. The event was attended by several professional athletes including:
Allyson Felix, 2003 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year and six-time Olympic gold medalist; Todd Gurley, Gatorade roster athlete and Los Angeles Rams running back; Sony Michel, 2013–14 Gatorade Florida Football Player of the Year and New England Patriots running back; Karl-Anthony Towns, 2014 Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year and Minnesota Timberwolves center; Abby Wambach, 1997–98 Gatorade New York Girls Soccer Player of the Year and 2015 Women’s World Cup Champion.