United senior Maddox Andrea, a four-time All-Ohioan, has been named the Ohio Division V Player of the Year. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

COLUMBUS — United Local senior Maddox Andrea made the Golden Eagles boys soccer program go during his four years as offensive juggernaut.

For that, the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association honored him as its Div. V Player of the Year.

He was joined in receiving the state’s top honor with his coach Curtis Jones who was named Div. V Coach of the Year.

Andrea tied a school record with 55 goals while tallying 11 assists in his senior season. He played a vital roll for the Eagles as they went 17-3 and won a Div. V district championship. Andrea scored in all 20 of the Eagles’ games with 15 multi-goal games including 10 hat tricks and averaged 2.75 goals per game.

The four-time All-Ohioan ended his career with a school and county record 173 goals, while bagging 46 assists, 70 steals and 69 intercepts. His national honors include being named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Regional team and All-American team as a junior and possibly as a senior when the award designations are announced at a later date.

“Coming into this season, every opponent knew his name and many teams attempted to man mark him to eliminate him as a threat,” Jones said. “Despite their best efforts, not a single team was able to prevent him from putting the ball in the back of the net. He even managed to up his offensive production by netting 55 goals to tie our program’s single-season record. His career tally of 173 goals blew our previous career record of 103 goals out of the water.

“Even in the tight games, he proved time and time again that he was the ideal striker who was poised under pressure, displayed superior game vision and had the creativity and clinical finish needed to frustrate even our best opponents. The most beautiful thing about watching him grow and develop into the player that he is today is how humble he was the entire time and his uncanny ability to shut out the haters and doubters. Whenever he was being interviewed, he always went out of his way to give a shout out to his teammates (especially our awesome defensive line). That shows the character this young man possesses.”

Andrea, who has a 3.93 GPA, plans to play soccer in college while majoring in finance.

Curtis Jones has taken the Eagles to a district championship game in five out of the last eight seasons — including four straight.

In addition to being the state coach of the year, he was also the Mahoning Valley district coach of the year.

“I view this honor as a reflection upon the entire program.” Jones said. “It is a reflection of our amazing travelling fans that often make away games feel like home games. It is a reflection of our coaching staff including Zach Jewell who has poured himself into these young men to get the best out of them, Steven Blake who has coached our FC United travel teams and high school indoor teams for years and is probably one of the best scouts in the state and Bill Andrea who I have coached alongside for years and was named as the Mahoning Valley district assistant coach of the year this season. It is a reflection of our players who worked hard all season, including in the offseason, to have this historic season culminating in our program’s third district championship in eight years. This honor, is an honor for all of them.”

Curtis Jones’ son, Landon Jones, was also named to the Div. V All-Ohio team. He had 10 goals, nine assists, 52 steals and 154 intercepts in his senior season. He served as a team captain both his junior and senior seasons and helped the program achieve a 64-11-4 record in that time with a district championship in 2022 and 2024,and district runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2023. For his career he had 21 goals, 32 assists, 156 steals (second in school history) and 491 intercepts (second in school history).

“He has been bounced around the midfield, willing to adapt his role to meet the needs of the team at the sacrifice of whatever position he would have preferred to play,” Curtis Jones said. “He had spent his entire playing career through his freshman year as a winger, but when he was asked to convert to a defensive holding midfielder his sophomore year he didn’t question it. His passion for the beautiful game, his excellent game vision and relentless work ethic was essential to our program’s success. He has been one of the engines of our midfield, supporting both our defense and attack. Playing a holding midfielder position, he is one of those players who would greatly benefit if soccer tracked ‘hockey’ assists, helping to create a lot of the attacking opportunities, but not getting the actual assist on the goal.”

Landon Jones has a 3.97 GPA and plans to pursue a degree in accounting in college.

Also in Div. V, Columbiana senior midfielder Aidan Radcliff was named an All-Ohioan.

The Clipper captain had 19 goals and 12 assists in his senior season. He also had three hat tricks and a game-winning goal against Jackson-Milton.

“Aidan, a true goal scorer as a forward his last few years on the team, took on a more reserved role as he moved into the midfield this year,” Clipper boys coach Anthony Grenga said. ” This transition helped to evolve the Columbiana program and he became the cornerstone of the team’s possession-based play style which directly contributed to our programs’ 10 wins this year.”

Beaver Local senior midfielder Kaleb Mays was the lone area boy earning All-Ohio status in Div. IV.

Mays was one of the main reasons the Beavers went 17-1-1 and nearly beat eventual Div. IV state champion River View in the regional semifinals.

Mays had 18 goals and 25 assists in his senior season, while garnering 54 goals and 45 assists for his career.

“Kaleb had a phenomenal year,” Beaver Local coach Joseph Zirillo said. He was constantly creating plays for others but also scoring some of our biggest goals of the season. He’s been a leader on and off the field and really pushed his teammates be the best they could be. Without a doubt, we don’t have the success without him on the field. He absolutely showed why he deserved to be an all-Ohio player.”

On the girls side, West Branch sophomore defender Ellie Tucker was an All-Ohio pick in Div. IV, while Columbiana senior forward Annah Clemmer was an All-Ohio selection in Div. V.

Tucker served as West Branch’s center back and was named team captain thanks to her leadership shown in her freshman season. Tucker had seven goals and four assists.

“She does a nice job defending in one on one situations and helps cover for her teammates,” West Branch coach Zachary Dean said. “She has great vision and ability to dribble through the lines to help in the attack. Her poise on the ball is outstanding. She is also very precise with her distribution. She is a true competitor and leads by her work ethic.”

Clemmer helped lead Columbiana to a m 11-5-3 record which was the program’s best record in school history. The Clippers also allowed the least amount of goals and had the highest goal differential in school history. The district final appearance was also a school first.

Clemmer had 22 goals and seven assists.

“Annah has become an increasingly important part of our team dynamic,” Columbiana coach Jason Janis said. “She has made some real progress as a player. I’m excited to see her continue to work on growing as a player and teammate.”