Westwood's Brianna Rodriguez was named the 2021-22 Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. Rodriguez is the first Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Player of the Year to be chosen from Westwood High School.
The 5-foot-8 junior won four events at the Class AAAA South Carolina state track and field meet this past season, leading the Redhawks to a third-place finish as a team.
Rodriguez broke the tape in the 200-meter run, the 100-meter high hurdles and the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, also running the anchor leg of Westwood's winning 4x400-meter relay team.
Rodriguez has volunteered locally as a youth track coach, and she has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church. "Brianna Rodriguez is a very talented track athlete who works real hard at her craft," said Coral Johnson, head coach of AC Flora High School. "She gets better each year and she had a great season overall for Westwood."
Rodriguez has a 3.33 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Rodriguez joins recent Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Players of the Year Jayla Jamison (2021-20, 2019-20, & 2018-19, Airport High School), and Imagine Patterson (2017-18, Summerville High School), among the state's list of former award winners.