BATON ROUGE – LSU freshman Ben Simmons, who won the National Boys High School Basketball Player of the Year title earlier in the year, is in Hollywood Tuesday night for the 13th annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year ceremony.
Simmons and the top prep athletes in America are up for 2014-15 Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year award. Also the Female Athlete of the Year will be announced from previous winners during the sport seasons.
Former Georgia and NBA star Dominque Wilkins came to Simmons’ school, Montverde Academy in Florida following the basketball season, to present the award to Simmons at a school assembly.