Santa Cruz senior Cate Ratliff has been honored as Gatorade Girls State Runner of the Year (see attached release).

Ratliff is the first recipient from the Central Coast Section among the list of California female honorees since the award's inception in 2007.

Here is the list of Gatorade's girls winners from California:

2015-16: Cate Ratliff (Santa Cruz)

2014-15: Fiona O'Keeffe (Davis Senior)

2013-14: Sarah Baxter (Simi Valley)

2012-13: Sarah Baxter (Simi Valley)

2011-12: Sarah Baxter (Simi Valley)

2010-11: Sarah Baxter (Simi Valley)

2009-10: Molly Grabill (Rancho Bernardo)

2008-09: Jordan Hasay (Mission Prep)

2007-08: Jordan Hasay (Mission Prep)