Kansan Jony Munoz named Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jun 19, 2020
Munoz was surprised by his family, coaches and teammates with a drive-by parade outside his home to inform of the 2019-20 honor. He topped the list of 51 state winners in boys soccer.
The 5-foot-7 senior forward led Olathe West to a 20-1-0 record and the Kansas Class 6A state championship in 2019. He tallied 36 goals and 19 assists for the Owls, including a goal and assist in the 2-1 win over Blue Valley West High in the state final.
Munoz, a former member of the U.S. U-16 national team, has maintained a weighted 3.97 GPA in the classroom and earned a scholarship at Liberty University.
Gatorade National Boys
Soccer Players of the Year
2010 Jony Munoz 2019 Omar Hernandez 2018 Ousseni Bouda 2017 Umar Farouk Osman 2016
Lucas Mendez 2015 Jack Harrison. 2014 Abu Danladi. 2013 Cristian Roldan. 2012 Ema Boateng. 2011 Luis Rendon.
2010 Soony Saad. 2009 Dillon Powers. 2008 Chris Agorsor. 2007 Brayan Martinez. 2006 Eric Alexander.
2005 Lee Nguyen. 2004 Patrick Phelan. 2003 Greg Dalby. 2002 Jordan Harvey. 2001 Ned Grabavoy. 2000
Alecko Eskandarian. 1999 Kyle Martino. 1998 Nick Downing. 1997 Nick Garcia. 1996 Andy Kirk. 1995 Pierre Venditti.
1994 Andriy Shapowal. 1993 Mike Fisher. 1992 Matt McKeon. 1991 Claudio Reyna. 1990 Todd Haskins.
1989 Chris Henderson. 1988 Lyle Yorks. 1987 John Gwin. 1986 Kevin Hundelt.
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Anyone know who makes the selection? Is this all based on High School stats, or selected by sports writers, Coaches?
Guess I answered my own question. Nobody involved with soccer knows.
not many of these guys made it big time.