Ohio’s best: Top 21 high school boys soccer players this season
As a preview to this season, the high school sports staff of the Gannett Corp.’s more than 60 Ohio newspapers and websites compiled a who’s who of Ohio‘s prep boys soccer players. Here are the best boys soccer players in the state of Ohio:
1. Luciano Pechota, Cleveland St. Ignatius
2020 honors: United Soccer Coaches All-american, first-team all-state, Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Division I Player of the Year and Gatorade Ohio Boys Soccer Player of the Year.
2. Parker Cameron, Olentangy Liberty
2020 honors: first-team all-state in Division I, Central District Player of the Year and first-team All-ohio Capital Conference-central.
3. Kameron Kist, New Albany
2020 honors: second-team all-state, first-team all-district and Ohio Capital Conference Ohio Division Player of the Year.
4. Drew Boettcher, Centerville
2020 honors: first-team Greater Western Ohio Conference and second-team All-ohio.
5. Jayden Lunsford, Dublin Scioto
2020 honors: second-team all-state in Division I, first-team all-district and earned a share of Ohio Capital Conference-capital Player of the Year.
6. Aidan Eck, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
2020 honors: first-team All-ohio and all-district squads in Division II.
7. Chase Alwood, Canal Winchester
2020 honors: second-team All-ohio in Division II.
8. Uleto Fuentes, Twinsburg
2020 honors:first-team ALL-SLNC and all-district selection, second-team Allohio selection in Division I.
9. Mitchell Cosler, Beavercreek (tie)
2020 honors: first-team Greater Western Ohio Conference and second-team All-ohio.
9. Uche Odemena, Crew Academy (tie)
2020 honors: second-team all-state, first-team all-district, first-team Allohio Capital Conference-ohio Division.
11. Derrick Harris, New Albany
2020 honors: second-team all-state, first-team all-district and first-team All-ohio Capital Conference-ohio Division.
12. Gabe O’reilly, St. Charles
2020 honors: second-team all-state, first-team all-district and All-central Catholic League.
13. Andrew Shaffer, Desales (tie)
2020 honors: first-team all-state, firstteam all-district and first-team All-central Catholic League.
13. Gage Weaver, Ontario (tie)
2020 honors: Division II second-team All-ohioan, a Division II first-team alldistrict selection and Mid-ohio Athletic Conference first-team.
15. Jayden Fuller, Norton
2020 honors: Metro Athletic Conference
Player of the Year, second-team Allohio and first-team All-district selection in Division II.
16. Mason Grudich, West Milton Milton-union
2020 honors: co-player of the year in the Southwestern Buckeye League’s Buckeye Division, second-team Allohio.
17. Andrew Allsop, Findlay
2020 honors: second-team All-ohio in Division I and United Soccer Coaches all-region.
18. Jacob Miller, Lima Shawnee
2020 honors: first-team All-ohio in Division II.
19. Trent Maisano, Watterson
2020 honors: second-team all-state in Division II and first-team all-district and ALL-CCL.
20. Trace Terry, Bellbrook
2020 honors:second-team All-ohio.
21. Trey Vredeveld, Cincinnati Country Day
2020 honors: second-team All-ohio selection, first-team all-league.
Honorable mention
Daniel Asiamah, Pickerington Central; Riley Carrier, Olentangy Liberty; Will Devere, Grandview Heights; Austin Driggs, New Concord John Glenn; Walker Frankhouse, Galion; Omar Gomez, Willard; Collen Gudorf, Casstown Miami East; Jackson Herbert, Wadsworth; Camden Herring, Plain City Jonathan Alder; Sawyer Hutchins, Granville; Henry Hutchinson, Westerville South; Wassim Metatla, Hilliard Darby; Gio Roberts, Hilliard Darby; Josh Sarver, Akron Hoban; R.J. Stoller, Thomas Worthington.