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As selected by 93 fans, Memorial headlined AlmanacSports.com's ninth annual Southwestern Indiana Fans Choice All-Area Football Team with eight selections including Player and Coach of the Year!
Player of the Year: Matthew Fisher (Memorial)
Matthew Fisher became the third Tiger to be voted Player of the Year for Southwestern Indiana. The senior quarterback was named all-state, the Courier & Press' All-Metro Player of the Year, the SIAC Player of the Year, the Downtown Quarterback Club's Most Outstanding Player and of course the AlmanacSports.com All-Area Player of the Year.
Also earning Player of the Year honors for Memorial were Michael Lindauer in 2017 and 2018 and Brock Combs in 2019. It was the second year in a row that an Evansville player won the honors (Bosse's Elijah Wagner won last year).
Coach of the Year: John Hurley (Memorial)
After guiding the Tigers to an 11-1 season including SIAC and city titles, readers once again voted John Hurley as the coach of the year. Finishing his 17th year with the Tigers, Hurley also won coach of the year honors in 2019 and this is the first time since then that an Evansville coach has won. Hurley was also honored as the SIAC, Courier & Press All-Metro and Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club's coach of the year.
Offensive Team
- Quarterback: Jett Goldsberry (Heritage Hills)
- Running backs: Landon McClarney (Reitz)
- Running backs: Maximus McCool (Castle)
- Wide receivers: Luke Dockery (Memorial)
- Wide receivers: Luke Ellspermann (Memorial)
- Wide receivers: Kordavion Reed (Harrison)
- Offensive linemen: Ben Brasher (North)
- Offensive linemen: Andrew Jones (Memorial)
- Offensive linemen: Parker Mattingly (Memorial)
- Offensive linemen: Nate McDurmon (Mater Dei)
- Center: Coleton Adamson (Castle)
- Kicker: Camden Marx (Mater Dei)
Defensive Team
- Defensive linemen: Will Friday (Reitz)
- Defensive linemen: Azhari Jackson (Reitz)
- Defensive linemen: Brody Klem (Gibson Southern)
- Defensive linemen: Benny Patterson III (Castle)
- Linebackers: Alex Broshears (Memorial)
- Linebackers: AJ Coates (Reitz)
- Linebackers: Ricky White Jr. (North)
- Defensive backs: Xavier Brooks (Harrison)
- Defensive backs: JJ Lowery (Memorial)
- Defensive backs: Nehemiah Madison (Reitz)
- Defensive backs: De'Carlos Seawood (Harrison)
- Punter: Nate Cano (Central)
Number of players by team:
Here is the breakdown on the voting:
Player of the Year
47 - Matthew Fisher (Memorial)
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35 - Jett Goldsberry (Heritage Hills)
11 - OTHERS
Coach of the Year
46 - John Hurley (Memorial)
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36 - Todd Wilkerson (Heritage Hills)
11 - OTHERS
Quarterback (1)
31 - Jett Goldsberry (Heritage Hills)
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51* - Matthew Fisher (Memorial - made team as Player of the Year)
6 - Ty Brown (South Spencer)
3 - OTHERS
2 - Brenna Messel (North Knox)
0 - Colton Stowers (Washington)
0 - Justin Leathers (Southridge)
Running back (2)
48 - Landon McClarney (Reitz)
26 - Maximus McCool (Castle)
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18 - Jed Galvin (North Posey)
12 - Caden Thacker (Mater Dei)
11 - Noah Terry (Tell City)
9 - Hunter Meredith (Heritage Hills)
6 - OTHERS
5 - Mac McCormick (Vincennes Lincoln)
3 - Xavion Lesure (Washington)
Wide receivers (3)
52 - Luke Ellspermann (Memorial)
36 - Kordavion Reed (Harrison)
36 - Luke Dockery (Memorial)
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33 - Tyler Ruxer (Heritage Hills)
14 - Tyler Klaner (Boonville)
13 - OTHERS
10 - Bo Hurt (Castle)
Offensive linemen (4)
41 - Parker Mattingly (Memorial)
40 - Andrew Jones (Memorial)
38 - Nate McDurmon (Mater Dei)
36 - Ben Brasher (North)
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32 - Brooks Aigner (Boonville)
29 - Gabe Jackson (Heritage Hills)
17 - Noah Owens (Southridge)
15 - OTHERS
14 - Isaac Luigs (North Posey)
Center (1)
54 - Coleton Adamson (Castle)
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34 - Hayden Smith (Heritage Hills)
5 - OTHERS
Kicker (1)
45 - Camden Marx (Mater Dei)
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36 - Cam Novotny (Gibson Southern)
12 - OTHERS
Defensive linemen (4)
63 - Azhari Jackson (Reitz)
54 - Will Friday (Reitz)
45 - Brody Klem (Gibson Southern)
39 - Benny Patterson III (Castle)
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29 - Davis Schwartz (Southridge)
27 - Gavin Myers (North Posey)
15 - OTHERS
Linebackers (3)
57 - AJ Coates (Reitz)
56 - Alex Broshears (Memorial)
43 - Ricky White Jr. (North)
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34 - Gavin Leach (Castle)
33 - Connor O'Donohue (Memorial)
33 - Parker Hart (Heritage Hills)
11 - OTHERS
Defensive backs (4)
54 - JJ Lowery (Memorial)
50 - Nehemiah Madison (Reitz)
47 - Xavier Brooks (Harrison)
39 - De'Carlos Seawood (Harrison)
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29 - Noah Wright (Southridge)
22 - Alex Smith (Heritage Hills)
19 - Camden Haywood (Southridge)
15 - Andersen Smith (Heritage Hills)
5 - OTHERS
1 - Jack Levin (Jasper)
1 - Jaxon Lueken (Forest Park)
Punter (1)
38 - Nate Cano (Central)
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16 - Hunter Pedrotti (Mount Vernon)
16 - Luke Lindsey (Vincennes Lincoln)
14 - OTHERS
9 - Jiles Manson (Pike Central)
Tidbits:
- Two players became back-to-back members of the team: Luke Ellspermann of Memorial at wide receiver and Jett Goldsberry of Heritage Hills at quarterback.
- Two other individuals placed for the second time: John Hurley of Memorial as coach of the year and Brody Klem of Gibson Southern at defensive lineman (Klem missed the team in 2023 but made it in 2022).
- Six players were on the 2023 team but fans did not select them for 2024: Ty Brown from South Spencer, Jed Galvin and Gavin Myers from North Posey, Parker Hart from Heritage Hills, Beau Rose from Gibson Southern and Noah Terry from Tell City.
- Fans have yet to include players on seven teams in Southwestern Indiana (North Daviess, North Knox, Perry Central, Pike Central, Princeton, Vincennes Lincoln & Washington).
Historical info since fans choice team started in 2016
Players & coaches who have qualified multiple years:
3 - Brady Allen (Gibson Southern), 2019-21
3 - Scott Buening (Southridge), 2017, 2020 & 2022
3 - Branson Combs (Memorial), 2015-17
3 - Timothy Dixon (North), 2021-23
2 - Jacob Boberg (Central), 2018 & 2020
2 - Will Brackett (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Kenny Butler (Castle), 2019-20
2 - Cole Calvert (Southridge), 2017 & 2019
2 - Brock Combs (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Sean DeLong (Gibson Southern), 2022-23
2 - Joey Diekmann (Reitz), 2016-17
2 - Isaiah Dunham (Reitz), 2016-17
2 - Braydon Durham (Heritage Hills), 2022-23
2 - Luke Ellspermann (Memorial), 2023-24
2 - Teorien (Tory) Evans (Central), 2019-20
2 - Tre'jon Evans (Central), 2016 & 2019
2 - Jett Goldsberry (Heritage Hills), 2023-24
2 - Max Goodwin (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Drew Hart (Memorial), 2016-17
2 - John Hurley (Memorial), 2019 & 2024
2 - Aidan Jochem (Southridge), 2020-21
2 - Austin Jones (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Brody Klem (Gibson Southern), 2022 & 2024
2 - Michael Lindauer (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Eli McDurmon (Mater Dei), 2020-21
2 - Keioni McGuire (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Jarrett Naas (Reitz), 2016 & 2018
2 - John Purdy (Castle), 2021-22
2 - Steven Pritchett (Central), 2020-21
2 - Evan Reff (Castle), 2020-21
2 - Isaac Sellers (Gibson Southern), 2016-17
2 - Niles Sutton (Castle), 2019-20
2 - Miguel Turnbaugh (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Roland Vera Jr. (Reitz), 2022-23
2 - Drew Weinzapfel (Memorial), 2020-21
All-time number of players & coaches by team (2016-present):
- 41 - Memorial
- 27 - Gibson Southern
- 26 - Southridge
- 23 - Central
- 26 - Reitz
- 18 - Castle
- 18 - Mater Dei
- 12 - Heritage Hills
- 11 - North
- 6 - Boonville
- 6 - North Posey
- 5 - Harrison
- 2 - Bosse
- 1 - Forest Park
- 1 - Jasper
- 1 - Mount Vernon
- 1 - South Spencer
- 1 - Tell City
- 0 - North Daviess
- 0 - North Knox
- 0 - Perry Central
- 0 - Pike Central
- 0 - Princeton
- 0 - Vincennes Lincoln
- 0 - Washington
To be eligible, a player must have been named to one of the local all-star teams and play for a team in Southwestern Indiana (Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh & Warrick counties). Generally, a player must have been named on more than one all-star team to be a finalist, but write-in votes were also accepted.
Any questions? Email us at dengler@almanacsports.com. And remember, for any and all complaints, make sure you email your friend who didn't vote :).
Historical teams
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Dan Engler
