Football: Briar Woods' Alex Carter Named Gatorade Virginia Football Player of the Year

(Dec. 1, 2011) - The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Alex Carter of Briar Woods High School as it 2011-12 Gatorade Virginia Football 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 field, distinguishes Carter as Virginia's best high school football player.

Carter will play at Stanford next year and he leads the Falcons into the Division 4 state semifinals this weekend against Grafton in Williamsburg. More on the award and Carter.

Carter is the second player from Loudoun to win the award since it started in 1986 with Ed Wang of Stone Bridge earning it in 2005.

Previous Virginia Gatorade Football Player of the Year
1986 - Ron Carey (Hermitage)
1987 - Matt Darby (Green Run)
1988 - Chris Hart (Harrisonburg)
1989 - Terry Kirby (Tabb)
1990 - B.J. Hawkins (Potomac)
1991 - Aaron Sparrow (Woodrow Wilson)
1992 - Tommy Edwards (Radford)
1993 - Antonio Prosise (Sussex Central)
1994 - Ken Oxendine (Thomas Dale)
1995 - Maurice Daniels (Annandale)
1996 - Thomas Jones (Powell Valley)
1997 - Ronald Curry (Hampton)
1998 - Ronald Curry (Hampton)
1999 - Daniel Davis (Brooke Point)
2000 - Raymond Mann (Hampton)
2001 - Bryan Randall (Bruton)
2002 - Kai Parham (Princess Anne)
2003 - Vince Hall (Western Branch)
2004 - Chris Long (St. Anne's-Belfield)
2005 - Ed Wang (Stone Bridge)
2006 - Evan Royster (Westfield)
2007 - Tyrod Taylor (Hampton)
2008 - Mike Glennon (Westfield)
2009 - David Wilson (George Washington-Danville)
2010 - Phillip Sims (Oscar Smith)
2011 - Demetrious Nicholson (Bayside)
2012 - Alex Carter (Briar Woods)