Gatorade Winter-Spring Boys' Soccer State POYs
In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced its 2010-11 State Boys Soccer Player of the Year award-winners for the winter/spring campaign, representing 20 states. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Winners from the Fall 2010 season were announced in February. To keep up to date on the latest happenings within the Gatorade Player of the Year Program, visit
http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com.
Alabama
Nathan Diehl, MF/D
Mountain Brook (Mountain Brook, Ala.)
Alaska
Kirby Hutto, MF
South Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska)
Arizona
Riggs Lennon, F
Brophy College Preparatory (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Arkansas
William Hidalgo, MF/F
Cabot (Cabot, Ark.)
California
Seth Casiple, MF
Rocklin (Rocklin, Calif.)
Florida
Verneri Valimaa, MF
American Heritage School of Boca/Delray (Delray Beach, Fla.)
Georgia
John “Snoopy” Davidson, F
Rome (Rome, Ga.)
Hawaii
Scott Granger, MF
Punahou School (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Iowa
Gabe Christianson, MF
Kennedy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Louisiana
Adrian McInnis, MF/F
Saint Paul’s School (Covington, La.)
Mississippi
Derrick “Ducky” Troutman, MF
Ocean Springs (Ocean Springs, Miss.)
Nebraska
Jake Linden, F
Creighton Preparatory School (Omaha, Neb.)
Oklahoma
Will Smith, F
Norman North (Norman, Okla.)
South Carolina
Robert Beebe, GK
Pinewood Preparatory School (Summerville, S.C.)
Tennessee
Chandler Gagnon, MF/D
Evangelical Christian School (Cordova, Tenn.)
Texas
Aaron Simmons, MF
Mansfield (Mansfield, Texas)
Utah
Derek Boggs, MF
Alta (Sandy, Utah)
Virginia
Luis Rendon, F
Cosby (Midlothian, Va.)
Washington
Aaron Kovar, MF
Garfield (Seattle, Wash.)
Wyoming
Kasey Esponda, MF
Buffalo (Buffalo, Wyo.)