Cooper Flagg wins same national award as LeBron James and Jayson Tatum

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=480%2C320&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=345%2C230&ssl=1 345w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=500%2C333&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Sadie-Engelhardt-Cooper-Flagg-espys.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> Basketball phenom Cooper Flagg traversed the red carpet at the ESPYs in Los Angeles Thursday night, winning the 2024 Gatorade Male Player of the Year Award.

The 17-year-old Newport native was previously named Mr. Basketball USA and Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year , but his newest accolade distinguishes him as the nation’s best male high school athlete regardless of sport or class.

Previous winners of the Gatorade Male Player of the Year Award include LeBron James (2003), Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowl quarterback Kyler Murray (2015), Jayson Tatum of the Celtics (2016) and Kansas City Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr (2019).