We reached out to all head coaches for nominees for Player of the Year (max 5 players). Coaches submitted the following 18 nominees. If no response was provided, BLITZ nominated based on stats/accolades. From here, we will narrow down the nominees to a finalist pool, and allow the public to vote on one nominee that didn’t make our finalist group to join it with a ‘last finalist’ vote. Following the ‘Last Finalist’ selection, our internal voting panel will vote Heisman-style for the winner.

*Banks County, Habersham Central, and White County elected not to nominate anyone

Christian Avila – Rabun County SR M #6

STATS: 4 G, 6 A (partial) *Nominated by BLITZ

Ridge Cole – Lumpkin County JR M #11

STATS: 15 G, 4 A

Eli Cooling – Franklin County SR F #10

STATS: 28 G, 10 A, Region Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Region

Caleb Farris – Jefferson GK

STATS: Region GK of the Year *Nominated by BLITZ

Simon Gainzarain Hernando – Tallulah Falls SO M #2

STATS: 12 G, 12 A, 1st Team All-Region

Tyson Hall – Tallulah Falls JR M #8

STATS: 4 G, 5 A, 1st Team All-Region

Hayden Hughes – Dawson County

STATS: 1st Team All-Region *Nominated by BLITZ

Ian Johnson – Jefferson D

STATS: Region Defender of the Year *Nominated by BLITZ

Pierre Kouadio – Stephens County SR CM #10

STATS: 10 G, 16 A, 1st Team All-Region; Career (35 G, 28 A)

Alan Lozado – Rabun County SO F #10

STATS: 10 G, 1 A (partial) *Nominated by BLITZ

Aiden McCollum – Stephens County SR F #22

STATS: 10 G, 4 A, 2nd Team All-Region; Career (29 G, 12 A)

Francisco Moreira Cardosa Mori Vierira – Tallulah Falls JR D #15

STATS: 4 G, 3 A, 2nd Team All-Region

Lucien Perez – Commerce SO GK #13

STATS: 10-15 Saves/Match; All-Star Game Participant

Raul Ruiz – Dawson County

STATS: 2nd Team All-Region *Nominated by BLITZ

Kainen Shirley – Union County SR S #4

STATS: 23 G, 10 A

Fabricio Turner Sandoval – Tallulah Falls SR F #10

STATS: 12 G, 12 A, 1st Team All-Region

Bushy Turnquest – Tallulah Falls SR F #11

STATS: 20 G, 5 A, 2nd Team All-Region

Jacob Vacca – Jefferson F

STATS: Region Forward of the Year *Nominated by BLITZ

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