Vote for The State’s Midlands high school boys and girls soccer players of the year
It’s time to vote for The State’s Midlands boys and girls soccer Players of the Year. Voting ends at noon Wednesday, and you can vote as many times as you like.
The winner will be announced next week along with The State newspaper’s all-area boys and girls soccer teams.
The nominees and polls are below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun:
Girls Player of Year
Darcy Ahern, Chapin: Junior had 12 goals and 13 assists this season and was all-state selection.
Annie Andrews, Dreher: The Blue Devils forward scored 26 goals and had 10 assists this year. Andrews also was Region 5-3A Player of the Year and all-state selection.
Emery Christensen, Blythewood: Senior had 17 goals and 13 assists this season. Christensen was an all-state selection and picked to play in the Clash of the Carolinas.
Alanna Colbert, River Bluff: Senior midfielder had 14 goals and 10 assists. Colbert also was an all-state selection, picked for the Clash of the Carolinas and signed with Cornell. She leaves River Bluff as the school’s all-time goals and assists leader.
Victoria Coleman, Airport: Freshman forward had 26 goals and 20 assists this season. Coleman also was all-state selection.
Joyce Edwards, Camden: Junior forward was an all-state selection and led the team with 39 goals and 12 assists.
Briana Pinasco, Hammond: Senior had 38 goals, 21 assists this season and was SCISA all-state selection. Signed to play at South Carolina.
Margaret Livingston, Mid-Carolina: Junior forward had 28 goals and 25 assists this season and was an all-state selection.
Delaney Minor, AC Flora: Senior had 19 goals and 12 assists this season. Minor was an all-state selection and Region 4-4A Player of the Year. She signed to play at Wofford.
Kinlee Mozley, Gilbert: Junior forward had a team-high 38 goals and 18 assists this year. Mozley was an-all-state selection.
Kim Neely, Brookland-Cayce: Senior had a team-high 40 goals and 15 assists this season.
Boys Player of the Year
Dixon Acker, Dreher: Senior midfielder led the team with 13 goals and 14 assists. Acker was an all-state selection and Region 5-3A Player of the Year.
Connor Banchero, River Bluff: Senior forward had 18 goals and two assists. Of Banchero’s 18 goals, 10 were game-winners. Banchero was a North-South All-Star selection and will play at USC Aiken.
JC Blackwelder, AC Flora: Junior had 17 goals and eight assists this season and was all-state selection.
Christian Foster, Blythewood: Junior was all-state selection, had 24 goals and six assists.
Carson Graves, Chapin: Senior had 12 goals and seven assists this season. Was all-state selection and picked to play in Clash of the Carolinas.
Gavin Hardwick, Gilbert: Junior was all-state selection and scored a team-high 31 goals and had seven assists.
Ben Richards, Gray Collegiate: The junior midfielder had 10 goals and 13 assists this season. Was all-state selection and Region 3-2A Player of Year.
Alex Rivera, Brookland-Cayce: Senior had 17 goals and five assists. Rivera was all-state, North-South game selection and signed with Francis Marion.
Franklin Spires, Lexington: The senior had 32 goals and 18 assists this season for the Wildcats. Spires was Region 4-5A Player of the Year, all-state selection, selected to play in Clash of Carolinas and signed with Georgia Southern.
Duncan Wilson, Cardinal Newman: Junior was SCISA all-state selection and Region 1-4A co-Player of the Year. Wilson had a team-high 38 goals and 13 assists and committed to play at Clemson.
This story was originally published June 1, 2023 at 8:00 AM.
