CHICAGO — Gatorade has announced Gradey Dick of Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita is the 2021-22 National Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
He is a two-time winner of the Kansas Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year and joins former national winners like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Chris Webber, Ben Simmons and Alonzo Mourning.
Dick signed with Kansas in November 2021. He is a 2022 McDonald’s All-American who was a semifinalist for the Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year and later named 2022 Naismith Boys HS All-America Second Team. Last summer Dick was a member of Team USA that won the to a gold medal at the 2021 Under 18 3-on-3 World Cup in Hungary.