Brad Beal Named Gatorade Player of the Year

KSDK-Monday was a special day at Chaminade for basketball standout Bradley Beal. Beal was named the 2010-11 Gatorade National Boys Player of the Year in front of friends and family.

Beal finished his career at Chaminade averaging 32.4 points per game, and scored 2,634 points in his four years at Chaminade.

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. In addition to athletic excellence, the award recognizes academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the field.