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Discus thrower Shelbi Vaughan of Legacy (Mansfield, Tex) at the 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Cross Country runner Molly Seidel of University Lake (Hartland, Wis.) at the 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Discus thrower Shelbi Vaughan of Legacy (Mansfield, Tex) at the 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Track sprinter Abraham Hall of South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, Texas) at the 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Cross Country runner Futsum Zienaselassie of North Central (Indianapolis, Ind.) at the 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Bradley Beal of Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.) is the Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Beal, a Florida commit ranked No. 7 in the ESPNU 100, visits the ESPNU studios in advance of the Jordan Brand Classic in Charlotte, N.C.

Some of the top national recruiting analysts hand out awards to the best players in high school basketball.

Ishaq Williams, left, and Sobeida Peralta are the first of 14 high school students to be honored with a RISE ABOVE Student Athlete Award Monday in New York.

Brandon Knight and Chiney Ogwumike earn Gatorade Athlete of the Year honors prior the ESPY Awards July 14 in Los Angeles in a special ceremony hosted by SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott.

Sam Crouser of Gresham (Gresham, Ore.) is the Gatorade National Boys Track Athlete of the Year. Crouser joins 1988 track winner Art Skipper Jr. and 2006-07 basketball winner Kevin Love as the only Gatorade national honorees from Oregon.

Kasey Fagan of Dunnellon (Dunnellon, Fla.) is the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. She is the fifth girl from Florida to win a Gatorade national award in any sport.

Calob Leindecker lost his leg in an accident, but that could not stop this high school senior from returning to the football field. Video courtesy of Trusted Sports and Cox Communications.