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 The Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association changed the format of its all-state boys soccer team.
But under any setup, there was little doubt who the state's top player was this fall.
Milwaukee Marquette senior forward Patrick Hodan, who led the Hilltoppers to an unbeaten season and their second consecutive WIAA Division 1 state championship, headed up the new-look WSCA all-state teams as the Player of the Year.
Hodan scored 45 goals and added 10 assists for Marquette (24-0-1), scoring in each of the final 12 matches of the season. He broke his own record with eight goals in three state tournament games and likely scored more goals than anyone in WIAA state tournament history (14).
A Notre Dame recruit, Hodan was one of 14 players named to the Large Schools All-State team. In past years, the WSCA named an 11-player all-state first team and second team along with honorable mention; this year, the organization selected 14-player Large Schools (Division 1) and Small Schools (Divisions 2 and 3) teams with "Best of the Rest" selections from all divisions.
Hodan was the only player named to the first or second team last fall to make one of the top teams this season. Madison Memorial forward Lucas Cardona – a first-teamer in 2009 – Germantown midfielder Bradley Bane, Kettle Moraine midfielder Nick Biasiotta (7 goals, 14 assists) and Appleton North defender Adam Hermsen made the Large Schools squad after earning honorable mention in 2010. Middleton sophomore defender Jack Hagstrom (3 goals) was the only non-senior named to the either of the top teams.
Marquette had three players on the Large Schools team, as did Division 1 state runner-up Kettle Moraine: Biasiotta and the duo of goalkeeper Mac Wheeler (9 shutouts) and forward Trey Dowling (31-7), who both have committed to Marquette University along with Hermsen.
Waukesha Catholic Memorial senior forward Aaron Horvat (22-4), a UW-Milwaukee recruit who was an honorable mention selection last year, was named to the Small Schools team. All 14 players on the squad were seniors, including forward Patrick Ruhland (34-17), midfielder Nick Gasser (11-13) and defender Cooper Patton of Division 2 state champion Mount Horeb and goalkeeper Logan Ketterer (14 shutouts) of repeat Division 3 state champion Racine Prairie School.
As the WSCA Player of the Year, Hodan will be named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American team and the NSCAA All-Region VI team. Two teammates, Marquette forward Joe Naughton (9-7) and midfielder Logan Andryk (6-9), also will be on the regional team along with Wheeler, Biasiotta and Brookfield Central senior defender Nate Rohde (3-1).
Large Schools
Goalkeepers: Mac Wheeler, sr., Kettle Moraine; Max Zimmerman, sr., Middleton.
Defenders: Peter Tongas, sr., Brookfield East; Nate Rohde, sr., Brookfield Central; Adam Hermsen, sr., Appleton North; Jack Hagstrom, so., Middleton.
Midfielders: Mark Heydt, sr., Brookfield East; Bradley Bane, sr., Germantown; Logan Andryk, sr., Milwaukee Marquette; Nick Biasiotta, sr., Kettle Moraine.
Forwards: Patrick Hodan, sr., Milwaukee Marquette; Lucas Cardona, sr., Madison Memorial; Joe Naughton, sr. Milwaukee Marquette; Trey Dowling, sr., Kettle Moraine.
Small Schools
Goalkeepers: Logan Ketterer, sr., Racine Prairie School; Jon Stahr, sr., Milwaukee Thomas More.
Defenders: Leo Gallagher, sr., Green Bay Notre Dame; Dan Graf, sr., Pewaukee; Cooper Patton, sr., Mount Horeb; Drew Allison, sr., Appleton Fox Valley Lutheran.
Midfielders: Patrick McNulty, sr., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Nick Gasser, sr., Mount Horeb; Austin Drake, sr., East Troy; Eddie Spanbauer, sr., Winnebago Lutheran.
Forwards: Nico Bartolomeo, sr., Pewaukee; Aaron Horvat, sr., Waukesha Catholic Memorial; Matt Bouche, sr., Green Bay Notre Dame; Patrick Ruhland, sr., Mount Horeb.
Best of the Rest
Goalkeeper: Cole Holewinski, sr., De Pere.
Defenders: Greg Duckert, sr., Menomonee Falls; Tyler Adams, sr., Milwaukee Marquette; Alex Olzewski, sr., Brookfield Central; Jake Taylor, jr., Whitefish Bay; Mike Skow, sr., Mequon Homestead; Ahern Baumann, sr., Neenah; Jimmy Grunert, sr., Muskego; Nathan Skarie, sr., Hartland Arrowhead; Dominic Calvano, sr., Waukesha West; Connor Wall, sr., Kettle Moraine.
Midfielders: Derek Ott, jr., Middleton; Andrew Frank, sr., Middleton; Robbie Phillips, sr., Madison West; Isaias Colegial, sr., Madison Memorial; Skyler Hying, sr., Menomonee Falls; Nick Burgoyne, sr., Menomonee Falls; Audi Jepson, jr., Green Bay Preble; Austin Middleton, sr., Whitefish Bay; Cody Schueller, sr., Cedarburg; Adam Pohlman, so., Neenah; Mike Dugan, sr., Waukesha West; Dominic Schmidt, sr., Middleton.
Forwards: Stuart McBain, sr., Brookfield Central; Cheenuj Shong, sr., Milwaukee Ronald Reagan; Reed Cammarota, sr., Neenah; Andrija Novakovich, so., Muskego; Jack Balisteri, sr., Hartland Arrowhead; Aaron Calkins, sr., Winnebago Lutheran; Josh Baker, sr., Milwaukee University School; Aaron Fargo, sr., Mount Horeb.
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