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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Boys Soccer - Delaware

Gatorade Player of the year

Michael Capretto

Forward
THE CHARTER SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON
WLIMINGTON, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

15

Goals

5

aws

67

Career Goals

24

Career Assists
“Michael is not only a once-in-a-lifetime player, but a leader. He had to battle man-marking, double-teams and sometimes more by opposing teams scheming defensively to neutralize him. Through it all, he still did great things on the field.”
Jon Gillespie
Head Coach - Charter School of Wilmington

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8, 145-pound senior forward scored 15 goals and passed for five assists this past season, leading the Forces to a 9-2-4 record. The 2025 Delaware High School Coaches Association Player of the Year, Capretto is a United Soccer Coaches High School All-American honoree. He’s ranked as the nation’s No. 35 recruit in his class by PrepSoccer.com and concluded his prep career with 67 goals and 24 assists.

Academic Achievement

Capretto has maintained a weighted 3.84 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play soccer at the University of Notre Dame this fall.

Exemplary Character

Capretto is a member of his school’s Heart2Heart Project, a student-led community service organization with a focus on community outreach, empathy-building and philanthropic initiatives. He’s also a member of the Sports Management Club, which simulates professional sports front office conditions to teach and improve students’ skills understanding and analyzing sports organizations and how team design works across multiple sports.