The honors continue to come in for Lyon County senior Travis Perry. Gatorade announced Thursday morning that Perry had been selected as the 2023-24 Gatorade Kentucky Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Perry, now a two-time winner of the award, is the first Gatorade Kentucky Boys Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Lyon County High School.
The award, which celebrates the nation’s top high school athletes for excellence on the court, in the classroom, and the community, distinguishes Perry as Kentucky’s best high school boys basketball player.
A member of the Future Business Leaders of America and the BETA club, Perry has volunteered locally as a youth basketball coach and referee. He has also donated his time to multiple community service initiatives through his church youth group.
In a statement, Bowling Green head coach D.G. Sherrill had high praise for Perry, “Travis is a once-in-a-generation player. He’s extremely dangerous. He scores at all three levels, has great range, and is a great facilitator. His team is never out of a game with him on the court.”
Perry has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom and has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at the University of Kentucky.
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 Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee administers the selection process, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media, and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport.
As part of Gatorade’s commitment to breaking down barriers in sports, every Player of the Year also receives a grant to donate to a social impact partner. To date, Gatorade Player of the Year winners’ grants have totaled more than $4.9 million across more than 1,600 organizations.
