The Palm Beach Post is hosting a summer celebration featuring the best of Palm Beach County high school athletics from the first 25 years of the 21st century. Starting the first week of June, the Post will roll out content highlighting every state champion and Player of the Year winner from 2000-25, including photos, reader polls and premium content. A full publication schedule can be found at the bottom of this page. This week, we'll head to the pitch for a look at the best Palm Beach County boys soccer players of the the last quarter century. A few notes regarding the historical record: The Post began awarding Large and Small School Player of the Year awards in 2005. The award was consolidated to a single winner in 2022 as part of the Palm Beach County High School Sports Awards Show. Large School Player of the Year winners are listed first in years with multiple winners.
2000: John Fico, Cardinal Newman
2001: Oscar Gil, Cardinal Newman
2002: Drew Helm, Jupiter
2003: Richardson Fils, Palm Beach Lakes
2004: Fabrice Noel, Palm Beach Lakes
2005: Fabrice Noel, Palm Beach Lakes
2005: Gabriel Taboada, American Heritage-Delray
2006: Greg Susil, Wellington
2006: Kyle Conrad, Jensen Beach
2007: Kyle Conrad, Jensen Beach
2007: Hasani Sinclair, American Heritage-Delray
2008: Marcus DiLallo, Wellington
2008: Hasani Sinclair, American Heritage-Delray
2009: C.J. Phelps, Boca Raton
2009: Hasani Sinclair, American Heritage-Delray
2010: Felipe Astudillo, Boca Raton
2010: Brian James, American Heritage-Delray
2011: Colby Burdette, Boca Raton
2011: Brian James, American Heritage-Delray
2012: Hunter Bandy, Boca Raton
2012: Brian James, American Heritage-Delray
2013: Giovanni DiMauro, Boca Raton
2013: Kody Ruedisili, Benjamin
2014: Tomer Bitton, Boca Raton
2014: Walker Dawkins, American Heritage-Delray
2015: Auner Escobar, Palm Beach Lakes
2015: Josh Brower, Jupiter Christian
2016: Mark Faeth, Boca Raton
2016: Jacob Montes, Benjamin
2017: Trevor Gawlikowski, Forest Hill
2017: Steffan Kneffel, Boca Raton Christian
2018: Luis Molina, John I. Leonard
2018: Alexandre Guichard, American Heritage-Delray
2019: Joao Assis Negrao, Boca Raton
2019: Will Champlin, King’s Academy
2020: Joao Assis Negrao, Boca Raton
2020: Delwin Flores, American Heritage-Delray
2021: Diego Reyes, Spanish River
2021: Anthony Vargas, American Heritage-Delray
2022: Sheamus Semco, Palm Beach Central
2023: Michael Capille, Spanish River
2024: Bryan Silva, Boca Raton
2025: Montgomery Byers, American Heritage-Delray
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
