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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Boys Soccer - Michigan

Gatorade Player of the year

Gunnar Thorhallsson

Goalkeeper
PORTAGE CENTRAL HS
PORTAGE, MICHIGAN
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

19

Shutouts

7

Goals Allowed
“Gunnar was an absolute beast this season as he carried his team to the final. When we played them, he was not only a force but also controlled the game so well. He takes every free kick from 40 plus yards out and it’s always dangerous. With him being 6-8, he controls his box so well and he’s a great leader. Great players like him step up in big games and he did that all season.”
JT Hageman
Head Coach - Mattawan High

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-8, 200-pound senior keeper led the Mustangs to a 23-0-2 record and the Division 1 state championship this past season. Thorhallsson recorded 19 shutouts and only surrendered seven goals all year. He stopped a penalty kick in a semifinal shootout to help send Portage Central to the title game, then made 10 saves and turned back another PK in a shootout to clinch the crown. The state’s Mr. Soccer honoree, he was also a 2025-26 United Soccer Coaches All-American.

Academic Achievement

Thorhallsson has maintained a 4.44 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a professional contract to play soccer at KR Reykjavik in Iceland beginning this summer.

Exemplary Character

Thorhallsson is a three-year member of his school’s DECA club, which  helps prepare future business minds through case studies, leadership activities and various levels of competition, where he was a state finalist. He’s also a member of the JEDI club, which focuses on belonging, fairness and inclusive excellence.