CHICAGO-Per an announcement Monday, incoming Utah Valley men’s soccer player Carter Johnson has been named as Gatorade’s Utah Boys Soccer Player of the year, which is in its 33rd year of honoring the best high school athletes in the nation.

Johnson, a product of Herriman High School, received an award honoring outstanding athletic excellence as well as high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated both on and off the field.

The 5’11” 165-pound senior amassed 21 goals and 22 assists this past season as he led the Mustangs to the Class 6-A state finals. Johnson was named Mr. Soccer by the Deseret News and is a two-time first team all-state and all-region selection.

Johnson maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom and was named as his graduating class’s valedictorian.

Other Wolverines on the roster to be named as Gatorade Boys Soccer player of the year recipients include Lucas Cawley and Thomas Loomis.