By Ian Burnett
(Source: CNW)
In the 40th anniversary season of its prestigious program, Gatorade has anointed Logan Hall of Pembroke Pines Charter High School as the 2024‑25 Gatorade Florida Boys Soccer Player of the Year, the highest individual honor in American high school sports.
Standing 6‑foot‑0 and tipping the scales at 170 pounds, the senior forward spearheaded the Jaguars’ dazzling 18‑1‑2 campaign, guiding them to the Class 5A state semi-finals. Hall finished with 20 goals and 14 assists, authoring six multi‑goal masterclasses and contributing eight combined goals and assists in postseason play alone.
Praise from the opposition
“Logan is a prolific player,” observed Colin Ilgner, head coach of rival Cypress Bay High School. “He is very fast, dynamic, strong, big and skillful. He scored some important goals and is a force to be reckoned with.”
Such dominance earned Hall the Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald Player of the Year double, plus invitations to both the MLS Next and ECNL All‑Star showcases.
Scholar, servant, teammate
Hall’s excellence extends far beyond the touchline. Carrying a weighted 4.21 GPA, he serves as a peer tutor on campus and volunteers as a youth soccer instructor. Off the pitch, he has donated hours to the Vaz Preparatory Past Students Association of South Florida and Kiwanis Jamaica, helping deliver computers and school supplies to Jamaican students. In the fall, he will continue his academic and athletic journey at Jacksonville University under a signed letter of athletic aid.
The Gatorade standard
Now in its fourth decade, the Gatorade Player of the Year program honors one boys’ soccer athlete in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, before elevating a single National Player of the Year. Winners emerge from a rigorous selection process that weighs on‑field brilliance, classroom achievement, and community impact. Alumni have gone on to become professional athletes, esteemed coaches, and corporate leaders.
As part of the honor, each Player of the Year receives a social‑impact grant to direct toward a charitable partner, a commitment that has injected more than $5.6 million into over 2,000 organizations since the program’s inception.
For Logan Hall — a striker who marries clinical finishing with community conscience — the Gatorade trophy is both a culmination and a catalyst. It celebrates the relentlessly productive present and signals a future steeped in promise, on the pitch and far beyond.
