Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan named 2021 Gatorade Connecticut Player of the Year, finalist for national honor
Joe Morelli |
June 4, 2021
Bristol Eastern’s Donovan Clingan goes up for a basket during the CCC Boys Basketball Championship Friday, March 26, 2021 (Photo Sean Patrick Bowley)
Bristol Central junior Donovan Clingan is the 2021 recipient for the Gatorade State Player of the Year, Gatorade officially announced on Friday morning.
Clingan, the No. 44 player in the Class of 2022 rankings from ESPN, is also one of three finalists for Gatorade’s National Player of the Year and the only junior among the three. The other finalists are Chet Holmgren, a center from Minneapolis who has committed to play at Gonzaga and Jabari Smith from Tyrone, Georgia, a forward who will play at Auburn next season.