Jason Frakes, jfrakes@courier-journal.com
Trinity High School's Sam Stockton and Newport Central Catholic's Jacob Hensley have been honored as the top offensive and defensive players in the state by the Kentucky Soccer Coaches Association.
Stockton was named Offensive Player of the Year, and Hensley was named Defensive Player of the Year. The Mr. Soccer award will be announced this weekend.
Other winners were Frankfort's Sherrill Smith (Small School Coach of the Year), Trinity's Dale Helfrich (Private School Coach of the Year) and Fern Creek's John Pedro (Large School Coach of the Year).
Stockton was among five players from the Louisville area named the All-State West first team, representing Regions 1-8. The others were Trinity's Greg Fischer, South Oldham's Christian Lister and Joseph Profancik and Collegiate's Harper White.
The complete All-State teams:
WEST (REGIONS 1-8)
* First team: Sam Stockton, Greg Fischer (Trinity); Nick Gregory (Henderson County); Christian Lister, Joseph Profancik (South Oldham); Exodus Bargblor (Bowling Green); Mitch O'Kelly (Greenwood); Nolan Mattingly (Daviess County); Fahrudin Dervisevic (South Warren); Zach Fonda (Central Hardin); Harper White (Collegiate).
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* Second team: Alex Gray (Ballard); Haji Abdikadir (Collegiate); Donald Aviles, Gilio Aviles (Bowling Green); Trent Stigler (St. Xavier); Austin Moore (Hopkinsville); Drew Goetz, Eric Goranflo (Trinity); Azer Sabanovic (South Warren); Secou Drame (Fern Creek); Griffin Smith (South Oldham).
* Honorable mention: Ryan Freer, Jacob Stanley, Josef Winkler (Daviess County); Tucker Monheimer (Ballard); Micah Linscott (North Hardin); Cody Bridges (Elizabethtown); Isaac Koryor (Fern Creek); Felicius Bucyukundi (Collegiate); Christian Bonfield (John Hardin); Raul Guillen (Warren Central); Clayton Wirth (Oldham County); Ben Stinbruner, Seth Junion (North Oldham); Caleb Mattingly (South Warren); Alex Knowles (McCracken County); Jordan Oden (Hopkinsville); Demond Taylor (Owensboro); Colin Kremer (St. Xavier); Matthew Higdon (Bowling Green); Dylan Barth (Manual); Jacob Stauffer (Henderson County); Nathan Solomon (Marshall County).
EAST (REGIONS 9-16)
* First team: Chris O'Brien, Logan Williams (Cooper); Collins Rose, Thomas Ueland (Henry Clay); Edwin Garcia (Tates Creek); Jacob Hensley (Newport Central Catholic); Kyle Settle (Boyle County); Parker Kenny (Covington Catholic); Ricky Clemente, Tyler Joy-Brandon (Paul Dunbar); Zac Blades (Woodford County).
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* Second team: Aime Mabika (Henry Clay); Alex Lewis, Luke Norris (Paul Dunbar); Bryce Day (Covington Catholic); Caswell Fuller (Montgomery County); Chubaka Mutayongwa (Tates Creek); Jax Young (Woodford County); Jeff Paulin, Mark Goller (Bishop Brossart); Larry Whelan (Rowan County); Pat Louis (Newport Central Catholic).
* Honorable mention: Adam Snow (Cooper); Alex Green (St. Henry); Allan Mays, Trevor P'Simer (Rowan County); Amadi Mubelela (Tates Creek); Andrew Yoder, Noah Valencia (Model); Chris Hunt (Henry Clay); Christian Ramirez (Woodford County); Church Gray, Travis Skelton (Frankfort); Dylan Dobson (Madison Central); Garrett Dean, Sawyer Ransdell (Mercer County); Jonathan Miller (West Jessamine); Lucas Canineu, Tulio Canineu (Corbin); Nathan Roe (Ryle); Nolan Moser (Montgomery County); Tanner Kidwell (Madison Southern); Thomas Hayes (Lex