LOS ANGELES --?Jayson Tatum, a forward headed to?Duke, and newly minted Olympic hurdler and sprinter Sydney McLaughlin were honored as the national prep athletes?of the year Tuesday night.Tatum starred at Chaminade College Prep in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He averaged 29.5 points and 9.1 rebounds as a senior, leading the suburban St. Louis school to this years Class 5 state championship. Tatum scored 40 points in the title game, a mark he topped in six games as a senior.Tatum accepted his silver trophy from Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton,?Los Angeles Rams?player Todd Gurley, NBA rookie of the year?Karl-Anthony Towns, who won two years ago, and retired soccer star Landon Donovan.Dad, I love you, Tatum said. Mom, Im the biggest mommas boy in the world and Im not going to change anytime soon.Tatum thanked his high school teammates and his fellow nominees, saying, Any one of us could have won this award.McLaughlin, a 16-year-old junior at Union Catholic High in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, accepted her trophy two days after earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the Rio Games in the 400-meter hurdles.She qualified for the World Junior Championships later this month in Poland, but will skip it to compete in Rio.McLaughlin was presented her honor by Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford, retired soccer star Abby Wambach, volleyball Olympian April Ross and retired softball star Jennie Finch.This award just tops it all off, McLaughlin said, noting her high school track season began on a rough note when she was diagnosed with mononucleosis and her mother later had a heart attack.Every Olympian has two or three major struggles before they make it, she said. I didnt know if I was going to make it, and somehow I did.The other boys finalists were?Jacob Eason, football, Lake Stevens, Washington; Andrew Hunter, cross country, Loudoun Valley, Oregon; Lucas Mendes, soccer, Arlington, Virginia; Kyle Muller, baseball, Dallas; and Michael Norman, track and field, Murrieta, California.Eason is headed to?Georgia, while Hunter is going to Oregon, Mendes to Virginia, Muller was drafted by the Atlanta Braves, and Norman is going to Southern California.The other girls nominees were Khalia Lanier, volleyball, Phoenix, Arizona; Katie Rainsberger, cross country, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Erin Boley, basketball, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Ella Stevens, soccer, Loganville, Georgia; and Madilyn Nickles, softball, Merced, California.Lanier, daughter of former NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, is going to USC. Rainsberger will attend Oregon, Boley is going to Notre Dame, Stevens is going to Duke and Nickles is headed to UCLA.Previous winners of the award sponsored by Gatorade include LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Love, Allyson Felix and Kevin Love. Air Max Danmark . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Nike Air Max Tilbud . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. http://www.airmaxdanmark.com/ .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Air Max Dk . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. Billigste Nike Air Max . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. A person with knowledge of the situation says Dwight Howard has agreed to join the Atlanta Hawks, who also re-signed Kent Bazemore.Howard received a three-year contract worth $70.5 million, while Bazemore will get $70 million over four years, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because contracts cant be signed until July 7.Howard returns to his hometown after three seasons in Houston, where he battled injuries and wasnt the force he was earlier in his career. He managed jjust 13.dddddddddddd7 points per game last season, lowest since he averaged 12 as a rookie for Orlando after being taken with the No. 1 selection in the 2004 draft out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy.Bazemore, who turned 27 on Friday, started 68 games for the Hawks last season, averaging 11.6 points.---AP Sports Writer Charles Odum in Atlanta contributed to this report. ' ' '