Morgan Smalls Earns North Carolina Gatorade POY Honors

Morgan Smalls (Panther Creek) has been recognized as the Gatorade North Carolina Girls Track & Field Player Of The Year.

"The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the track, distinguishes Smalls as North Carolina's best high school girls track & field athlete."

Smalls has had a career year on the track winning Outdoor High Jump and Triple Jump State Titles, Indoor High Jump, Triple Jump and Long Jump State Titles, Outdoor Long Jump and 400m Dash runner-up finishes, Indoor and Outdoor National titles in the High Jump, Indoor and Outdoor All-American honors in the Triple Jump and Indoor All-American honors in the Long Jump.

Only a junior, Smalls currently sits at US No. 4 All-Time in the High Jump and set the National Meet Records both indoors and outdoors this year.