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Indianapolis Star
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Indiana high school boys soccer rankings: Coaches poll updated after opening weekend. Where is your team?
The IHSAA boys soccer season kicked off Aug. 16. After one weekend of games the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association released their updated rankings. Here are the full rankings: As of Aug. 18. IHSAA boys soccer: 10 Indy-area players who will be game-changers in 2025 IHSAA boys soccer Fab 15: Ranking Indy-area's best teams as season kicks off
Indianapolis Star
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Cathedral's Cal Kurzawa named Gatorade Indiana Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Cal Kurzawa has been named Gatorade Indiana Boys Soccer Player of the Year for 2024-25. The Wisconsin signee led Cathedral to a 14-4-2 record and a sectional runner-up finish last season, accounting for nearly 70% of his team's goals with 28 goals and 12 assists. He tallied eight multi-goal games and finished his career among the school's all-time leading scorers with 76 career goals. He also tallied 46 assists over his four-year career, which included a state runner-up finish in 2023. Gatorade Player of the Year honors the nation's best high school athletes for their success on the court, in the classroom and in the community, and distinguishes Kurzawa as the state's best high school boys soccer player. A 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-American selection, Kurzawa was also selected Indiana Mr. Soccer by the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association and the inaugural IndyStar ALL-USA Central Indiana Player of the Year for boys soccer. 'Cal is a dynamic, dangerous and natural goal-scoring attacking player with an innate ability to beat multiple defenders and score goals,' Zionsville coach Rob Jordan said. 'Cal's ability to beat defenders in tight spaces and in the open field made him a threat to score any time he had the ball in the offensive half of the field. He's a competitive individual who's driven to be a better player than he was the day before.' Kurzawa has maintained a 3.68 GPA in the classroom and volunteered locally on behalf of the Grace Church food pantry. He has also donated his time as a youth soccer coach in his community and at Camp Cathedral. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states across 12 different high school sports and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport. Recent Indiana recipients include Cole Thompson (2023-24), Sam Divis (2022-23) and Palmer Ault (2021-22), all of Noblesville. As part of Gatorade's commitment to breaking down barriers in sport, every Player of the Year also receives a grant to donate to a social impact partner. To date, the Gatorade Player of the Year program has provided more than $5.6 million in grants to winners across more than 2,000 organizations.
