For the second straight year, Aidan Morrison is taking home one of the most prestigious honors in state soccer, being honored as the Texas Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the year.

The Seven Lakes graduate had already claimed almost every award he could this year, winning a state championship, being named the state title game MVP, claiming District 19-6A MVP honors for the second straight year and being named all state, but he added his biggest award last by being named the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year for the second straight season.

“Aidan Morrison is just a special player,” said Dripping Springs head coach Josh Hill. “He controlled the game as a holding midfielder both offensively and defensively in the state title game against us. You don’t always see both of those qualities, but that kid does both.”

Morrison, who was named the Gatorade Player of the Year last year as well, led Seven Lakes on an astounding run this season. The Spartans had a record of 28-1-1 and went on to win the Class 6A State title for the second straight season, also winning district for the school’s fifth straight district title. Morrison scored 16 goals and added 20 assists on the season and he scored the Spartans most important goal of the year in the state title game, burying a free kick from 30-yards out with just three minutes remaining in extra time to give Seven Lakes a 2-1 win over Flower Mound.

Morrison is a member of Seven Lakes’ Student Athletic Leadership Team. He has volunteered locally at a Vacation Bible School and he has donated his time as a tutor to special needs students. Morrison graduated with a 3.69 GPA. Recent Gatorade Texas Boys Soccer Players of the Year include Brennan Bezdek (2021-22, Wakeland High School), Bryce Boneau (2020-21, Keller High School) and Mayno Linares (2019-20, Elsik High School).

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport.

“Aidan deserves all of it more than anyone,” said Seven Lakes head coach Jimmy Krueger after the teams state title win. “For the rest of my career I will be asking, ‘who is my next Aidan Morrison.’ He’s by far the best human being I’ve coached, he’s a better human than player and that’s hard because he’s a really good player. His legacy is what I hope drives our next generation of players.”

Morrison will continue his athletic and academic career at Liberty University, where he signed a National Letter of Intent to attend this fall.

“I would have never imagined this is how my high school career would go,” Morrison said after the state final game. When I stepped onto the field my freshman year and I didn’t even know what the state tournament was. To win the state tournament twice, to get the accolades that I have gotten and this team has gotten has been amazing.”