We reached out to all head coaches for nominees for Player of the Year (max 5 players). Coaches submitted the following 29 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 elected not to nominate anyone; Stephens County did not respond to multiple attempts to receive nominations

McKinley Adamson – Dawson County JR F #14

STATS: 11 G, 3 A, GACA All-Star, All-Region HM

Zara Apointe – Rabun County SR

STATS: 11 G, 10 A, 2nd Team All-Region

Eisa Chapman – Dawson County JR CM #13

STATS: 8 G, 12 A, 2nd Team All-Region

Reece Cooling – Franklin County SO CM #10

STATS: 6 G, 1 A

Abbey Courtney – Rabun County SR

STATS: All-Region HM

Hannah Crowe – Franklin County SO GK #28

STATS: 100+ Saves, 2nd Team All-Region

Bailey Crumley – Tallulah Falls SR F #15

STATS: 3 G, 10 A, 1st Team All-Region, GIAA & FCA All-Star

Harper Dussouy – Dawson County SR W #2

STATS: 30 G, 16 A, All-State, 1st Team All-Region

Hannah Goode – Franklin County SR D #23

STATS: Great Defense, 3rd-fewest goals allowed in region

Ellie Hernandez – Rabun County

STATS: 2nd Team All-Region

Destiny Hill – Union County SO S #2

STATS: 31 G, 8 A

Claire Hollars – Commerce JR CB #17

STATS: 2 G, 1 A, 2nd Team All-Region

Evie Johnson – Jefferson JR M/D #47

STATS: 2 G, 4 A, 13 Shutouts; 1st Team All-Region

Kaitlyn Johnson – Lumpkin County SR S #5

STATS: 33 G, 10 A, 1st Team All-Region

LB Kafsky – Tallulah Falls JR F #12

STATS: 22 G, 5 A, 1st Team All-Region, DiVarsity All-Star

Meg LaBarbera – Habersham Central SR M #7

STATS: 11 G, 5 A, Region Midfielder of the Year, 1st Team All-Region

Addy Beth Owens – Rabun County JR

STATS: 17 G, 1 A, 1st Team All-Region

Rileigh Raftelis – Lumpkin County SR M #7

STATS: 17 G, 12 A, 1st Team All-Region

Kenna Roberts – Franklin County SO D #19

STATS: Great Defense, 3rd-fewest goals allowed in region

Ava Rodriguez – Jefferson SR M #3

STATS: 22 G, 12 A; 1st Team All-Region, Region Midfielder of the Year

Mia Smith – Jefferson SO M/D #4

STATS: 2 G, 5 A, 13 Shutouts; 1st Team All-Region

Millie Southards – Rabun County FR

STATS: 10 G, 5 A, All-Region HM

Myla Stratton – Franklin County JR S #13

STATS: 15 G

Samme Suppes – Jefferson JR M #27

STATS: 27 G, 14 A; 1st Team All-Region

Chloe Sutton – Towns County JR GK #5/33

STATS: 152 Saves, Region Player of the Year

Cayden Townley – Dawson County SR CB/RB #4

STATS: 6 G, 1 A, 1st Team All-Region, 9 Clean Sheets

Eden Turner – Habersham Central SR D #3

STATS: 1st Team All-Region, Defensive Player of the Year

Arielle Vermillion – Jefferson SR D #10

STATS: 5 G; 13 Shutouts, 1st Team All-Region

Emma Windham – White County SR M #22

STATS: 27 G, 8 A, 71% of Team Scoring, 1st Team All-Region

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