KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Incoming Western Michigan men's soccer defender Aidan O'Connor has been named the Gatorade Michigan Boys Soccer Player of the Year. It is the second consecutive year he has earned the award.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes O'Connor as Michigan's best high school boys soccer player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award to be announced in June, O'Connor joins an elite alumni association of state award-winners in 12 sports.