Chicago  (July 2, 2021) — In its 36th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Anthonett Nabwe of Jamestown High School as its 2020-21 Gatorade North Dakota Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. Nabwe is the first Gatorade North Dakota Girls Track & Field Player of the Year to be chosen from Jamestown High School.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Nabwe as North Dakota’s best high school girls track & field athlete. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Player of the Year award to be announced in July, N

The 5-foot-9 junior won the shot put and discus events at the Class A state meet this past season, leading the Blue Jays to a third-place finish as a team. Nabwe also took second in the 100-meter dash and third in the javelin throw, collecting 34 points as an individual. At the time of her selection, Nabwe’s personal-best shot put of 48 feet, 1 inch ranked No. 17 nationally among 2021 prep competitors in her event. Her personal-best discus throw of 143-9 ranked No. 82 nationally.

A native of Liberia, Nabwe came to Jamestown before her freshman year of high school. Also a talented singer, she has performed at various nursing homes in addition to volunteering locally as a youth basketball and volleyball coach.
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which works with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.

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