Academy Players Honored by Gatorade

The announcement of the spring Gatorade Boys’ Soccer Players of the Year earlier this week rounds the state awards out with all 50 states plus Washington D.C. now decided. 26 of those honorees are current members of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which has clubs in 26 states (plus the District of Columbia). Congrats to all of the Gatorade award winners. We have a list of the Academy players below (alphabetical by state):


Alabama: Nathan Diehl –Birmingham United
California: Seth Casiple –California Development Academy
Colorado: Mamadou Dia –Real Colorado
Connecticut: Kevin Michilak –Oakwood SC
D.C.: Joey Wilkins –D.C. United
Florida: Verneri Valimaa –Weston FC
Georgia: John Davidson –Concorde Fire
Illinois: Vince Ciciarelli –St. Louis Scott Gallagher Metro
Indiana: Eriq Zavaleta –Chivas USA
Massachusetts: DeNormandie –New England Revolution
Maryland: Cody Albrecht –D.C. United
Maine: Fazal Nabi –Seacoast United
Michigan: Dzenan Catic –Derby County Wolves
Minnesota: Eric Miller –Minnesota Thunder Academy
Missouri: Alex Cochran –St. Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri
North Carolina: Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler –CASL Chelsea FC
New Hampshire: Eric Jayne –Seacoast United
New Jersey: Daniel Metzger –New York Red Bulls
New York: Timothy Parker –Albertson SC
Ohio: Wil Trapp –Crew Soccer Academy
Rhode Island: Marcos Ugarte –FC Greater Boston
South Carolina: Robert Beebe –South Carolina United
Texas: Aaron Simmons –Dallas Texans
Virginia: Luis Rendon –D.C. United
Washington: Aaron Kovar –Sounders FC Academy
Wisconsin: Alex Megna –FC Greater Milwaukee