Louisville Collegiate’s Haji Abdikadir and the rest of the Titans celebrate winning the Seventh Region semifinals against the Trinity Shamrocks. Oct. 19, 2016
A trio of boys soccer players from Louisville have received the top postseason honors from the Kentucky High School Soccer Coaches Association.
Collegiate’s Haji Abdikadir (Offensive Player of the Year), Trinity’s Cameron Smith (Defensive Player of the Year) and Kentucky Country Day’s Cole Gallagher (Goalkeeper of the Year) were recognized as the top players in the state.
Abdikadir, a junior who has committed to the University of Louisville, posted 40 goals and 12 assists for Collegiate this season.
Smith, a senior who has committed to U of L, had seven goals and three assists and anchored a Trinity defense that allowed just 14 goals and posted nine shutouts.
Gallagher, a senior, posted four shutouts for KCD this season.
Coach of the Year honors went to Daviess County’s Doug Sandifer (Large Public), Pendleton County’s Aaron Harper (Small Public) and Collegiate’s Chad Wozniak (Private/Parochial).
The Golden Boot awards for most goals this season went to Webster County’s Hilcia Urrutia and Franklin-Simpson’s Caleb Wilson. Both scored 58 goals. North Hardin’s Micah Linscott received the Silver Boot award for the most assists (36).
Abdikadir, Smith and Gallagher were among five players from Louisville who were named to the first-team All-State West squad (regions 1-8). Manual’s Dylan Barth and Collegiate’s Cameron Wheeler also made the team.
Here are the complete All-State teams:
WEST (REGIONS 1-8)
* First team – Haji Abdikadir, Cameron Wheeler (Collegiate); Fahrudin Derisevic, Matthew Bohnlein (South Warren); Cameron Smith (Trinity); Dylan Barth (Manual); Cole Gallagher (Kentucky Country Day); Micah Linscott (North Hardin); Graham Miller, Josef Winkler (Daviess County); Brett Royster (Henderson County).
* Second team – Jaxon Allard (McCracken County); Isaac Amaya, Hunter Baird, Tyler Croft (Daviess County); Trent Ennenbach (St. Xavier); Davis Higdon (South Oldham); Brennan Horn, Ethan Noel (Hopkinsville); Simeon Packer (North Oldham); Almir Selimovic (South Warren); Luke Williams (Trinity).
* Honorable mention – Tyler Aldridge (Hopkinsville); Troy Alexander (Trigg County); Zach Bannon, Lucas Mudd (St. Xavier); Eli Best, Stephen Thompson (Central Hardin); Devin Boggs (Bardstown); Michael Bohnlein, Anatoli Emina (South Warren); Irakoze Chartier (Butler); Eric Kirby (Oldham County); Evan Konermann, Mirza Ugarak (Collegiate); Nick Meyer (Bowling Green); Jamal Rasheed (North Hardin); Juan Sosa, Max Wawrin (Henderson County); Tanner Stevens (Trinity); Ryan Tarr, Brenden Zink (Manual); Hilcia Urrutia (Webster County); Jansen Wilson (Elizabethtown).
EAST (REGIONS 9-16)
* First team – Adam Snow (Cooper); Justin Crupper (Ryle); Michael Vogt, Griffin Lamb (Covington Catholic); Harrison Grabmayer, Josh Szydlik (Paul Dunbar); Zach Hill (Montgomery County); Nick SirLouis (Lafayette); Colton Dolezal (Highlands); Peyton Netherton (Madison Central); Garrett Dean (Mercer County).
* Second team – Will Bedel (Ryle); Ian Manahan (St. Henry); Stephen Schutt (Covington Catholic); Drew Rom (Highlands); Alex Karbach (Woodford County); Ethan MacGillivray (Henry Clay); Holden Treadway (Lafayette); Tyler Kenney (Lexington Catholic); Jack Sheroan (Paul Dunbar); Riley Cocanougher (Boyle County); Brandon Ballard (Mercer County).
* Honorable mention – Carter Kusack (St. Henry); Aiden Jordan (Ryle); Scott McQueen (Villa Madonna); Logan Muck (Newport Central Catholic); Bryce Johnson (Mason County); Mike Dewald (Pendleton County); Brogan Dice (Montgomery County); Trevor White, Maclain Evans (Woodford County); Nicholas Whitehouse, Henry MacFarlan (Henry Clay); Keegan Bailey (Lexington Catholic); Max Nusbacher, Riley Bishop (Lafayette); Luc Powell, Worthie McGuire (Madison Central); Andrew Backus (Model); Claudio Rodriguez (Danville); Cody Shackleford (Mercer County); Isaiah Okesson (West Jessamine); Matthew Gagliano, Cory Hilton (Rowan County).