KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 9, 2020) — United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the association’s High School Boys and Girls All-America Teams for the winter and spring seasons during the 2019-20 school year.
A total of 45 players received All-America recognition with 26 female and 19 male student-athletes awarded the honor, including Presley Echols (Highland Park HS/Dallas, Texas), who is receiving United Soccer Coaches All-America honors for the fourth time in her prep career, and Neiva Gaither (Parkview HS/Lilburn, Ga.) who is earning her third All-America award.
Six other student-athletes in total, five girls and one boy, earned All-America accolades for the second time, they were: Brenna Alderson (Perry HS/Gilbert, Ariz.), Landry Corbett (Independence HS/Frisco, Texas), Madison Haugen (Lambert HS/Suwanee, Ga.), Megan O’Neal (Highland Park HS/Dallas, Texas), and Madison Tokarchik (Bishop Kelley HS/Tulsa, Okla.) on the girls’ side, and Jose Gallegos (Central Catholic HS/San Antonio, Texas) for the boys.
In addition to today’s announcement, the 2019-20 Boys and Girls All-Region Teams for the winter and spring seasons have been posted on the Awards Central page at UnitedSoccerCoaches.org.
With some seasons cut short or canceled altogether because of the COVID-19 pandemic, states were given the option of trying to honor their student-athletes and some chose not to participate this year.
The complete Winter/Spring Boys’ and Girls’ All-America Teams are listed below:
2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Winter/Spring Boys High School All-America Team
Name | Class | Pos | School | City, State |
Weyimi Agbeyegbe | Jr. | M | The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, Ga. |
Justin Barnett | Sr. | M | Midlothian High School | Midlothian, Texas |
Elijah Beverley | Jr. | F | Jesuit High School | Carmichael, Calif. |
Logan Brady | Sr. | F | Franklin High School | Franklin, Tenn. |
Jose Gallegos* | Sr. | F | Central Catholic High School | San Antonio, Texas |
Luke Giordano | Sr. | F | McIntosh High School | Peachtree City, Ga. |
Patrick Horan | Sr. | F | Canterbury School | Fort Myers, Fla. |
Jackson Kim | Sr. | D | Norman High School | Norman, Okla. |
Vedad Kovac | Sr. | F | Lassiter High School | Marietta, Ga. |
David Mitzner | Sr. | K | Servite High School | Anaheim, Calif. |
Francesco Montanile | Sr. | M | Brophy College Preparatory | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Joao Negrao-Assis | Sr. | M | Boca Raton Community High School | Boca Raton, Fla. |
Leonardo Perez | Sr. | F | Mariner High School | Cape Coral, Fla. |
Isaias Silva | Jr. | F | Mustang High School | Mustang, Okla. |
Edgar Soto, Jr. | Sr. | M | Belton High School | Belton, Texas |
Nicholas Wanzer | Sr. | M | Centennial High School | Frisco, Texas |
Ryan Webb | Sr. | D | Oak Mountain High School | Birmingham, Ala. |
Garrett Wise | Sr. | K | Madison Central High School | Madison, Miss. |
Shewit Worton | So. | M | Grace Christian Academy | Franklin, Tenn. |
2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Winter/Spring Girls High School All-America Team
Name | Class | Pos | School | City, State |
Caroline Aertker | Jr. | M | Mandeville High School | Mandeville, La. |
Brenna Alderson* | Sr. | M | Perry High School | Gilbert, Ariz. |
Marli Berry | Sr. | D | St. Francis Catholic High School | Sacramento, Calif. |
Landry Corbett* | Sr. | F | Independence High School | Frisco, Texas |
Presley Echols*** | Sr. | F | Highland Park High School | Dallas, Texas |
Neiva Gaither** | Sr. | M | Parkview High School | Lilburn, Ga. |
Caroline Gray | Sr. | D | St. Pius X Catholic High School | Atlanta, Ga. |
Madison Haugen* | Sr. | F | Lambert High School | Suwanee, Ga. |
Sydney Hennessey | Sr. | D | Lambert High School | Suwanee, Ga. |
Kelsey Hranicky | Sr. | F | Memorial Senior High School | Houston, Texas |
Isabelle Kadzban | Sr. | F | Lake Mary High School | Lake Mary, Fla. |
Kailey Littleford | Sr. | F | Chelsea High School | Chelsea, Ala. |
Grace O’Keefe | Jr. | M | Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | Overland Park, Kan. |
Megan O’Neal* | Sr. | D | Highland Park High School | Dallas, Texas |
Kailyn Pavatt | Sr. | F | Conway High School | Conway, Ark. |
Peyton Pearson | Sr. | K | Broken Arrow High School | Broken Arrow, Okla. |
Jordyn Pitter | Sr. | F | Archbishop McCarthy High School | Southwest Ranches, Fla. |
Eliana Prosnitz | Sr. | M | The Branson School | Ross, Calif. |
Ella Smith | So. | F | Gulfport High School | Gulfport, Miss. |
Sophia Stram | Sr. | M | Bishop Miege High School | Roeland Park, Kan. |
Kolo Suliafu | So. | M | Oak Hills High School | Hesperia, Calif. |
Delaney Tauzel | Sr. | M | Creekside High School | St. Johns, Fla. |
Madison Tokarchik* | Sr. | M | Bishop Kelley High School | Tulsa, Okla. |
Averi Visage | Sr. | M | Harrison High School | Kennesaw, Ga. |
Sarah Weber | Jr. | F | Gretna High School | Gretna, Neb. |
Makayla Wilson | So. | F | Da Vinci High School | El Segundo, Calif. |
* Denotes repeat selection