Gatorade Boys Soccer State Players of the Year honored for 2025-26

CHICAGO — In its 41st year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade announced the full slate of 2025-26 Boys Soccer State Players of the Year. (VIEW WINNERS)

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes each player as the best high school boys soccer player in their respective states.

All state winners were entered as finalists for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award. See below for a full listing of winners from each state, along with links to press releases on every player:

Winner	State
Orlando Avalos	AL
Jared Mateaki	AK
Sayan Hobbi	AZ
Wyatt Marksberry	AR
James Obleda	CA
Ethan Orchard	CO
Hayden Xhokaxhiu	CT
Michael Capretto	DE
Brown Huffard	DC
Robert Calazans	FL
Ryan Gottschalk	GA
Devin Lee	HI
Reidar Slotten	ID
Marshall DeGraff	IL
Quinn Wu	IN
Tate Duax	IA
Dylan Willingham	KS
Byaombe Matendo	KY
Ellison Haynes	LA
Finn Coburn	ME
Landon Beckman	MD
Emmanuel Marmolejo	MA
Gunnar Thorhallsson	MI
Elvis Hernandez Paz	MN
Tanner Nichols	MS
Henry Sanders	MO
Owen Jenkins	MT
Dylan Holden	NE
Gavin Flickinger	NV
Ali Mirza	NH
Marcus Jackson	NJ
Winston Starr	NM
Jack Klein	NY
Henry Boner	NC
Nate Kun	ND
Londen Sears	OH
Juan Razo	OK
Callan Spear	OR
Abubakarr Barrie	PA
Nicholas Alberga	RI
Brody Pike	SC
Brady Stamp	SD
Simon Hetrick	TN
Trenton Kutch	TX
Brooks Barker	UT
Bodie Smith	VT
Aiden Zarate	VA
Aaron Leon-Bedolla	WA
Jackson Schroder	WV
Liam Cahill	WI
Ethan Leslie	WY