Friday, May 30, 2008

Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year: Teresa Noyola

        California standout named nation's top high school performer

In its third decade of honoring the nation's best high school athletes,
The Gatorade Company, in partnership with RISE Magazine, today
announced senior midfielder Teresa Noyola of Palo Alto High School
(Palo Alto, Calif.) as its 2007-08 Gatorade National Girls Soccer
Player of the Year.

The award, which recognizes not only athletic excellence, but also high
standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on
and off the field, distinguishes Noyola as the nation's best high school
girls soccer player. A national advisory board comprised of sportswriters
and sport-specific experts from around the country helped select Noyola
from the more than 337,000 high school girls soccer players nationwide.
Noyola is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade Female High School
Athlete of the Year award, to be presented at a special afternoon ceremony
prior to The ESPY Awards in July.

The 5-foot-2 senior midfielder scored 18 goals and passed for seven
assists in just 16 games this spring, leading the Vikings (14-6-2) to the
second round of the CIF Division II Central Coast Section postseason. The
first-ever player to be named Youth, Scholar-Athlete and High School Player
of the Year in the same year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of
America, Noyola is also the first-ever two-time PARADE Magazine Player of
the Year. Noyola, who concluded her high school career with 40 goals and 27
assists, also competes for the prestigious Mountain View/Los Altos Mercury
Soccer Club program, having led her squad to three United States Youth
Soccer State Cup titles.

Noyola, who was born in Mexico and moved to Palo Alto at age three, has
maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom and is a National Merit Scholarship
Finalist, as well as a National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Finalist. She volunteers on behalf of El Molino -- a youth camp in Mexico
-- helping to restore the endangered Lake Patzcuaro habitat, volunteering
at an educational services and activities center, and leading the formation
of the area's first girls' soccer team for ages 6 through 12.

SOURCE The Gatorade Company

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Winning Teams Refuel With Chocolate Milk

Attention all high school athletes

-- time is running out to apply for the Refuel Your School contest as the
deadline for entries is June 30, 2008. The National Milk Mustache "got
milk?(R)" Campaign is announcing a last call for entries for the first-ever
Refuel Your School contest which will reward 25 high school athletic teams
that choose chocolate milk to refuel and rehydrate after that big game,
practice or workout. You don't want to miss out because winning teams will
score a Refuel Rally at their school, a $1,000 new equipment grant,
adidas(R) gear and more!

Student-athletes know it's important to refuel after a workout, and
studies suggest the unique mix of key nutrients in chocolate milk can help
refuel and rehydrate your body after exercise, making it an ideal
post-exercise choice. Chocolate milk contains a combination of
carbohydrates and protein to help replenish exhausted muscles after
exercise, and it provides fluids and "electrolytes" such as potassium to
assist with rehydration. Just three 8-ounce glasses of lowfat or fat-free
milk provides about half of the protein teenagers of all fitness levels
need each day.

Enter Today!

To enter, high school athletes are encouraged to visit
refuel.bodybymilk.com and click on the "Refuel With Milk, Enter Now" tab!
Upload a picture of you or your teammates at a practice or game and you
could win big. While you're there, nominate your favorite coach for the
Body by Milk Coach of the Year Award!

Twenty-five winning teams will be announced at the beginning of the
2008-2009 school year, with Refuel Rallies starting in September. Entries
must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM ET Monday, June 30, 2008. For
complete contest rules and entry tips, log onto refuel.bodybymilk.com.

Body By Milk(R) is part of the National Milk Mustache "got milk?(R)"
Campaign, a multi-faceted education program focused on the health benefits
of milk. The campaign is managed by the Milk Processor Education Program
(MilkPEP) in Washington, D.C., which is funded by the nation's milk
processors, who are committed to increasing fluid milk consumption. The
tagline "got milk?(R)" was created for the California Milk Processor Board
by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and is licensed by the national milk
processor and dairy producer groups.

SOURCE: Milk Processor Education Program

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