ST. SIMONS, Ga., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 26th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Morgan Brian of Frederica Academy (St.

LOS ANGELES, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The biggest names in high school and professional sports convened in Los Angeles today as Gatorade honored the top prep male and female athletes with the eighth annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year awards.

Oklahoma's Blake Griffin and Connecticut's Maya Moore have been named winners of the Wooden Award as the top players in men's and women's college basketball. Griffin, a 6-foot-10 sophomore power forward, led the Sooners (30-6) to a second seed in the South Region at the NCAA Tournament. The Oklahoma

Connecticut capped its remarkable undefeated season Tuesday with a convincing 76-54 win over Louisville in the NCAA women's basketball championship game. Tina Charles scored 25 points and pulled down a career-high 19 rebounds to lead UConn to a 39-0 record, the third perfect season in the program's history. Tina Charles did an outstanding job of intimidating us, Louisville Coach Jeff Walz conceded after the game at Scottrade Center in St.

Renee Montgomery had 26 points, six assists and four steals Sunday to lead undefeated Connecticut past Stanford 83-64 and into the NCAA women's title game. The Huskies (38-0) will meet Louisville Tuesday in a battle of Big East powers for the women's championship.