Penn High School senior midfielder Chris Miller has been named the boys soccer Northern Indiana Conference most valuable player for the 2024 season.
Adams coach Christian Mihut is the NIC’s Coach of the Year.
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Miller is joined on the NIC first team by teammate, senior midfielder Andre Gomez.
Elkhart leads the selections with three first-teamers in senior midfielder Colin Krempec, junior defender Thomas Bravo and senior defender Giancarlo Avila.
South Bend Adams and Saint Joseph each have a pair of first-team selections. For the Eagles, junior midfielder Diego Cruz and senior Gerardo Martinez were honored. For the Huskies, senior forward Anthony Wang and senior defender Sam Harshman are first-team.
Completing the first team are Marian sophomore midfielder Luis Santos-Navarro along the New Prairie senior midfielder Jordan Vesper.
Second team
Soph. Karter Lopez (Elkhart) goalkeeper; jr. Ernesto Mujica (Elkhart) goalkeeper; sr. Anniel Jimenez (Marian) defender; jr. Salah Sirajuddin (Penn) striker; sr. Andrew Hochstettler (Penn) midfielder; sr. Isaac Popoca (Adams) midfielder; jr. Eric Garcilazo (Adams) goalkeeper; sr. Misael Gonzalez (Riley) midfielder; sr. Andy Yergler (St. Joseph) goalkeeper.
Honorable mention
Soph. Treyton Fackelman (Marian) midfielder; sr. Coner Chapple (New Prairie) defender; jr. Keegan Dame (Penn) goalkeeper; sr. Alexis Rivas (Adams) defender; fr. Braylon Jones (Riley) defender; sr. Victor Galicia (Riley) midfielder; sr. Sebastian Vogel (Saint Joseph) midfielder; sr. Emanuel Ortiz-Olarte (Saint Joseph) midfielder; sr. Luis Lopez (Washington) defender.
NIC standings
Penn 6-1, Elkhart 5-2, Saint Joseph 5-2, Marian 5-2, SB Adams 4-3, New Prairie 2-5, SB Riley 1-6, SB Washington 0-7.
