Lake Region Union High School Junior Kylie Atwood of Lake Region Union High School was named the 2010-11 Gatorade Vermont Girls Basketball Player of the Year today. Atwood averaged 19.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game this season and helped the Rangers to a #2 seed in the Division III playoffs.
Atwood suffered a knee injury in Februay and is not playing for Lake Region as they play in the Division III playoffs. The Lake Region junior has verbally committed to play basketball at the University of Vermont after her senior year.
Last year, CVU’s Allison Gannon won the Gatorade honor. The boys award will be announced March 17.