About Community Grant
Winners
National Winners
State Winners
Winner Access Nominate
mobile navigation - click to open mobile navigation - click to close
Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Soccer - Wisconsin

athletes playing Boys Soccer
The POY Logo
BOYS SOCCER

Eliot Popkewitz

Midfielder
VERONA AREA HS
VERONA, WISCONSIN
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

14

2019 goals

16

2019 assists
“Eliot Popkewitz is a complete player. He’s dangerous as an attacker, he uses space really well and he has really good vision. Maybe his best attribute, though, is his soccer intelligence. He can change what he does and adjust to the opportunities he sees.”
Ben Kollasch
Head Coach Head coach at Middleton High
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8, 163-pound senior midfielder scored 14 goals and passed for 16 assists this past season, leading the Wildcats (21-1-2) to the Division 1 state championship. A First Team All-State honoree, Popkewitz was the Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year, the Big Eight Conference Player of the Year and a United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection.

a graduation cap

Academic Achievement

Popkewitz has maintained a 3.68 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at the University of Wisconsin.

first place ribbon

Exemplary Character

A member of his school’s Engineering Club, Popkewitz has volunteered locally on behalf of a food pantry and youth soccer programs.