Congratulations to Andrew Wiggins, the Gatorade Player of the Year!! He'll be headed to the ESPYs tomorrow! Did you know that Andrew is the first Canadian to ever get the Gatorade Athlete of the Year award? We'll have a video of the event posted right here asap. For now, you can enjoy photos and videos from other parts of the event below. More to come soon! Oh, and you have to see the following Tweet from Kevin Durant! |
His career is just starting and it's already impressive, congrats @22wiggins on being named @Gatorade Athlete of the Year. #GatoradePOY
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 17, 2013
Earlier in the Day... A Workout with a Celeb Trainer
Activities started early on Tuesday. Andrew and the rest of the male and female POY candidate athletes had a work out led by well-known celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson in the morning. See this and video clips from last night's bowling below: | |
At the Gatorade Player of the Year Awards Dinner
Here are some photos that were taken during the event!
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In the pics above, you can see Andrew Wiggins being interviewed by @KP_Rivals. One of those interviews can be found here and it contains Andrew Wiggins talking about going to KU and saying the NBA player he'd like to play the most is Kobe Bryant because he's the closest to Michael Jordan. It's a must watch: http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruiting-basketball/Wiggins-ready-for-the-season-1116942 Thanks for reading! -Andrew Wiggins Basketball.Net Photo Credit: www.Gatorade.com/POY |