Senior Lucas Nordin has been named the 2022-23 Gatorade Tennessee Boys Soccer Player of the Year and becomes the fourth Bearden soccer player to earn the honor.
The forward led the Bulldogs to an 18-1-3 record and to the Class AAA state quarterfinals.
By winning player of the year honors for the state, Nordin becomes a finalist for the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award that is set to be announced later this month.
The Bearden striker is a two-time Region 2-AAA Player of the Year, a two-time all-state honoree and was a 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-American selection. This season, the East Tennessee State signee had 27 goals and eight assists.
Nordin is the third Knoxville area athlete to be named a Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year, joining Farragut softball’s Elsa Morrison and Pigeon Forge baseball’s Dylan Loy.
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Nordin concluded his high school soccer career with 74 goals and 24 assists. He is second all-time in goals scored at Bearden after three seasons — his freshman year was canceled due to COVID-19.
Toyloy Brown III is a Knox News sports reporter. Email [email protected]. Twitter @TJ3rd_.
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