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New location, same star-studded event.

The 13th annual Gatorade Athlete of the Year awards, in conjunction with the ESPYs and featuring 12 of the nation's finest single-sport prep athletes, take place Tuesday at the LA Hotel Downtown.

Beyond the elite high school dozen, presenters will include first-timer J.J. Watt, newly crowned World Cup soccer champion Abby Wambach and last year's overall Male Athlete of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns, the No. 1 pick in last month's NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Towns gave perhaps the most stirring acceptance speech in the history of the awards presentation last year.

Other professional athletes scheduled to present awards are Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and soccer's Landon Donovan and Julie Foudy.

Here is a breakdown of the dozen athletes.

Boys

Luken Baker - baseball
The 6-foot-4, 240-pound senior first baseman and pitcher for Oak Ridge (Conroe, Texas) went 12-1 on the mound with a 1.19 ERA, 131 strikeouts and 21 walks in 88 innings. He also hit .440 with 24 runs, 16 RBIs and eight home runs. The MaxPreps first-team All-American was drafted by the Houston Astros, but said he'll keep his college commitment to TCU

Grant Fisher - cross country
The only repeat winner of the award, the Grand Blanc (Mich.) senior won his second-straight national title at the Foot Locker Cross County Championship, finishing in 15 minutes, 3 seconds. He also won the Michigan Division I state title and concluded his final two years undefeated in the state. Fisher will run in the fall at Stanford.

Jack Harrison - soccer
The Berkshire School (Sheffield, Mass.) senior led his team to a 19-2-1 record and third-straight New England Prep School Athletic Council Class A title. He scored 16 goals and dished out 27 assists, including seven game-winning goals. He finished with 44 career goals and 65 assists and his teams went 69-8-3. He'll play in the fall at Wake Forest.

Kyler Murray - football
The only two-time MaxPreps Football Player of the Year went 43-0 at Allen (Texas) as a starting quarterback for the two-time mythical national champions. He threw for an astounding 4,715 yards and 54 touchdowns with just seven interceptions in 2014. The 5-11, 175-pound senior also rushed for 1,498 yards and 24 touchdowns leading Allen to a 16-0 record and third-straight 6A Texas football title. He's headed to Texas A&M.

Michael Norman - track and field
The Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.) junior tied the national record by winning the California state 400-meter title in 45.19 seconds. The 6-2, 180-pound junior also won the 200 in a national-best time of 20.30 seconds, No. 5 all-time on the national list, and led Vista Murrieta to the state championship, running tremendous legs on both relays that reached the state finals.

Ben Simmons - basketball
The 6-8, 220-pound senior from Montverde Academy (Fla.) was the MaxPreps National Player of the Year. He averaged 27.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists, leading the Eagles to a 31-1 record and No. 1 finish in the final MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Boys Basketball Rankings. Simmons, a two-time first-team All-American, is headed to LSU.

Girls

Mikaela Foecke - volleyball
The 6-3 middle hitter for Holy Trinity Catholic (Fort Madison, Iowa) slammed 812 kills and amassed 270 digs, 170 service aces and 95 blocks, leading the Crusaders to a 48-4 record and the school's first state title in any sport. She also anchored the U.S. Women's Junior National Team that won gold at last summer's NORCECA Women's U-20 Continental Championship. She concluded her prep career with a state-record 2,813 kills. Foecke has signed with Nebraska.

Rachel Garcia - softball
The senior pitcher finished fourth in the nation with 418 strikeouts in 175 innings, while going 26-2 with a 0.20 ERA in arguably the nation's hotbed of softball. The Highland (Palmdale, Calif.) standout led her team to a 28-3 record by recording 10 no-hitters and five perfect games. She also hit .667 with 20 home runs and 57 RBIs. Garcia will pitch at UCLA next season.

Candace Hill - track and field
One of the youngest ever to win the award, the sophomore sprinter from Rockdale County (Conyers, Ga.) became the first prep girl in history to break the 11-second barrier in the 100-meter by going 10.98 seconds at the Brooks PR meet in Seattle. It was a time that would have won six of the past eight NCAA championships. Hill also won the Georgia 6A 200 state title in 23.05.

Mallory Pugh - soccer
The 5-4 junior from Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) had 24 goals and 12 assists for her 16-3 squad. Pugh is a member of the U.S. Soccer U-20 women's national team and is rated the No. 1 recruit in the nation for the Class of 2016 by TopDrawerSoccer.com. She's already committed to UCLA.

Anna Rohrer - cross country
After an injury-plagued junior season, the 5-6 senior from Mishawaka (Ind.) went undefeated in 2014 while winning her second national title at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship. Rohrer won in a time of 17:13 after winning the state championship in a meet-record of 17:08.8. She will run at Notre Dame in the fall.

Katie Lou Samuelson - basketball
The consensus top senior recruit in the country from Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) averaged 29.1 points and 8.5 rebounds for the 31-3 Monarchs. The four-year starter and Connecticut-bound standout is the younger sister of Karlie Samuelson, an incoming junior at Stanford.