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Last Updated April 22, 2009 |
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2008
Decatur Daily |
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2008 Girls Player of the Year |
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First Team Girls All-Area |
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| Honorable Mention |
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Past
Female Player of The Year Winners
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2008 Boys Player of the Year
Jeremy Talley, Brewer, Senior
Considered one of the fastest players in the area, Talley used his speed to lead the Patriots with 28 goals. He scored four goals in the regular season finale against Madison County. In the 2007 off-season, Talley was diagnosed with a benign tumor in his knee and strained a ligament in the same knee during the season. Still, he bounced back to lead Brewer to the Class 5A semifinals in Huntsville.
First Team Boys All-Area
- Jake Mendenhall, Austin, Senior
Team captain and center-midfielder was one of the leading players in Austin’s attack. The senior was the Black Bears’ most valuable player and was a first-team all-area player in 2007.
- Raul Alanis, Decatur, Senior
Forward scored 31 goals on the season and added 17 assists. Often found his way behind the defense with his speed and finished off his runs with a powerful shot.
- Michael Alfano, Decatur, Senior
Played in the backfield as well as midfield and sometimes at forward if the Red Raiders needed a goal in the final moments of a game. Considered one of the most talented players in the area. Will play for Birmingham-Southern in the upcoming season.
- Phoenix Iverson, Decatur, Senior
Midfielder roamed all over the field for the Red Raiders. Scored a goal in the final game of the Morgan County tournament to help Decatur defeat Brewer.
- Keith Slater, Brewer, Senior
The midfielder combined with Kohl Sowder and Jeremy Talley to lead the Patriots to the Class 5A semifinal game against John Carroll Catholic. In that game, Slater scored a goal. He finished the season with eight goals and 17 assists.
- Kohl Sowder, Brewer, Junior
Sowder made this list in 2007. He finished the season with 18 goals and 12 assists. In his four years playing varsity soccer, Sowder has scored 72 goals and passed out 32 assists.
- Danny Boersma, East Limestone, Junior
Midfielder led the attack for an Indians team that made it to the Class 1A-4A state semifinals. Finished the season with 12 goals and eight assists. Scored the lone East Limestone goal in the Indians’ 2-1 double-overtime loss to Randolph in the semifinal match.
- Corey Wood, East Limestone, Junior
Consistent member of East Limestone defensive corps who chipped in offensively on occasion. Finished the season with three goals and six assists.
- Stephen Owen, Hartselle, Junior
Tied for the team lead with nine goals. The junior midfielder and team captain was always directing traffic and making sure that the young Tigers squad was always in the right place.
- Athens: Drew Bowman
- Austin: Pasqual Alonso and Joseph Salgado
- Brewer: Eric Vallejo and Wes Brasher
- Decatur: Tom Gray and Pablo Ayalla
- East Limestone: Jacob Meyer and Zach Blansit
- Hartselle: Tony Makela and Zack Woodruff
- Priceville: Jonathan Savoy.
- Ardmore: Tyler Bush and Mitchell Zeigler
- Athens Bible: Isaac Munoz, Tyler Claxton and Colby Phillips
- Athens: Taylor Pate and Bryan Dean
- Brewer: Cole Stinson
- Austin: Jay Boyd and William Llaven
- Decatur: Sawyer Solley and Earl Ellis
- Hartselle: Matt Walker, Forrest Burleson and Cody Terry
- Priceville: Ryan Woodson, Will Cancilla and Justin Anderson
- West Morgan: Ivan Uriostegui, Jorge Torreblanca and Jared Spooner.
- 2008: Jeremy Talley, Brewer
- 2007: Tomo Matsuo, Austin
- 2006: Nikolas Gajardo, Hartselle
- 2005: Ryan Kirschbaum, Priceville
- 2004: T.J. Rees, Austin
- 2003: T.J. Rees, Austin
- 2002: T.J. Rees, Austin
- 2001: (Not available)* (Roberto Torres?)
- 2000: Nicholas Giroud, Decatur
- 1999: Paul Ebert, Decatur
- 1998: Andrew LaVasser, Austin
- 1997: Andrew LaVasser, Austin
- 1996: Brent Mortensen, Austin
- 1995: Michael Henry, Austin, and Steven Houser, Decatur
- *- not available in The Daily’s archives.
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