WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Fletcher Loyer, a 2022 Purdue men's basketball signee, has been named Gatorade's Player of the Year for the state of Indiana, announced Wednesday morning.
Loyer becomes the third straight Boilermaker recruit to be named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year after Trey Kaufman-Renn (2020) and Caleb Furst (2021) received the honor previously. In addition, he will be the fourth player on the roster to win Gatorade honors as Ethan Morton (2020) won the award in Pennsylvania.
Purdue has now had four Gatorade Players of the Year in Indiana in the last eight years (Caleb Swanigan, 2015). Swanigan attended the same high school as Loyer (Fort Worth Homestead).
Loyer had a sensational season for Homestead, setting the school's single-season scoring record (726) while making 73, 3-pointers and a school-record 179 free throws. He averaged 26.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, leading Homestead to the regional semifinal. He is the only player in Homestead history to have two seasons of 600 or more points.
Loyer finished his career with 2,163 points (803 at Clarkston High School in Michigan; 1,360 points at Homestead) and over his final two seasons at Homestead, accumulated 272 rebounds, 212 rebounds and 113 steals in just 53 games.
Loyer is joined by Cam Heide (Wayzata, Minnesota) and Braden Smith (Westfield, Indiana) as signed members of the 2022 recruiting class. The group is currently ranked 28th nationally by 247Sports.
Loyer becomes the third straight Boilermaker recruit to be named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year after Trey Kaufman-Renn (2020) and Caleb Furst (2021) received the honor previously. In addition, he will be the fourth player on the roster to win Gatorade honors as Ethan Morton (2020) won the award in Pennsylvania.
Purdue has now had four Gatorade Players of the Year in Indiana in the last eight years (Caleb Swanigan, 2015). Swanigan attended the same high school as Loyer (Fort Worth Homestead).
Loyer had a sensational season for Homestead, setting the school's single-season scoring record (726) while making 73, 3-pointers and a school-record 179 free throws. He averaged 26.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, leading Homestead to the regional semifinal. He is the only player in Homestead history to have two seasons of 600 or more points.
Loyer finished his career with 2,163 points (803 at Clarkston High School in Michigan; 1,360 points at Homestead) and over his final two seasons at Homestead, accumulated 272 rebounds, 212 rebounds and 113 steals in just 53 games.
Loyer is joined by Cam Heide (Wayzata, Minnesota) and Braden Smith (Westfield, Indiana) as signed members of the 2022 recruiting class. The group is currently ranked 28th nationally by 247Sports.