Gatorade named Northern Arizona commit Nico Young the National Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year, just a few months after being honored as the 2019-20 National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year in February.
Young, who was surprised by his family, teammates and coaches after practice, is only the second student-athlete in the program’s 35-year history to ever win two Gatorade National Player of the Year awards in the same year.
He beat out more than 600,000 other student-athletes competing in the Boys Track & Field and topped 51 state winners. The list included 37 who volunteered for two or more organizations, 18 with GPAs of 3.