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BLITZ Soccer Player of the Year: Caden Coggins

Congrats to our 2025 Soccer Player of the Year!

June 4, 2025

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Towns County’s sophomore sensation becomes only the second sophomore ever to claim Boys Soccer Player of the Year honors. Caden Coggins’ numbers don’t lie – he’s worthy of the hype.

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INSIDE THE NUMBERS

24 Goals
15 Assists
45 Steals
All-Area
DiVarsity All-State
DiVarsity POY (1A)

The accolades continue to roll in for Coggins, who had 24 goals and 15 assists while sharing the ball with a plethora of talented players at Towns County. He added 45 steals, was named All-Area, and All-State by DiVarsity, who tabbed him also as the 1A Player of the Year.

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VOTING RESULTS

Caden Coggins – 40 pts (5 1st-place votes)
Bogdan Jesic – 32 pts (4)
Dustin Barrett – 31 pts (2)
Clay Kafsky – 28.5 pts (2)
Cruz Kitchens – 18 pts

Voting included our 13-person panel made up of sports reporters, writers, video producers, former coaches, players, GHSA officials, and sports experts. The voting is Heisman-style, with the following points system:
1st place votes: 5 pts; 2nd: 3 pts; 3rd: 2 pts; 4th: 1 pts; 5th-6th: 0.5 pts; 7th-8th 0.25 pts

Four different players garnered 1st-place votes, and Caden Coggins edged out Tallulah Falls’ dynamic duo as well as two of his own teammates.

HISTORY OF SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR

2025 – Caden Coggins – Towns County SO F
2024 – Austin Ball – Tallulah Falls SR F
2023 – Austin Ball – Tallulah Falls JR F
2022 – Kyler Robbins – Union County SR M
2021 – Hayden Gensler – White County SR F
2020 – Brandon Hudson – Jefferson SR F
2019 – Brian Smith – Union County SR F
2018 – Chris Keys – Lumpkin County SR F
2017 – Dennis Pyetsukh – Dawson County JR F
2016 – Dennis Pyetsukh – Dawson County SO F
2015 – Brandon Lund – Dawson County SR F
2014 – Brandon Lund – Dawson County JR F
2013 – Brooks Fulford – Dawson County JR GK
2012 – Jose Lara – Habersham Central SR F
2011 – Vincent Thomas – Union County SR M
2010 – Nolan & Sawyer Hemmer – Habersham Central SR F/D

Coggins is only the second sophomore to win this award, but the 13th forward. He makes it a first for Towns County, and sets himself up to be a repeat winner such as only three others have done.