Henninger named POY; 41 total players selected to soccer Southeast All-District team
Fairfield senior Vivian Henninger is pictured from a postseason game in October. Henninger was selected as the Division V SE District Girls Soccer Player of the Year by the coaches of the SE District. (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
Forty-one soccer players from Highland County were selected to the 2026 Southeast All-District boys and girls soccer teams by the coaches of the SE District, including Fairfield senior Vivian Henninger being named girls Division V Player of the Year.
Henninger this season (20 games) scored 32 goals and had seven assists. In her four-year career, Henninger scored 98 goals and collected 32 assists.
Lynchburg-Clay assistant coach Landon West was selected the boys Division V SE District Assistant Coach of the Year.
Henninger was also named first-team All-District in Division V girls, along with teammate, senior Landry Teeters, as a defensive player. Others in girls soccer from Highland County who were named first-team players were Hillsboro senior Phoebe Holland (Div. III), McClain senior Larah Henson (Div. IV), McClain senior Paisley Pryor (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay senior Savannah Bell (Div. V) and Lynchburg-Clay senior Lily Layne (Div. V).
For the boys soccer players from Highland County, first-team All-District selections were Hillsboro senior Grant Shepard (Div. III), McClain sophomore Janson Allison (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay senior Aric Slack (Div. V), Lynchburg-Clay junior Quin Wells (Div. V), Fairfield junior Joel Matthews (Div. V) and Whiteoak sophomore Lucas Pollard (Div. V).
Second-team selections for girls All-District teams were: Hillsboro senior Arianna Evans (Div. III), McClain freshman Lyndi Cockerill (Div. IV), McClain senior Baylee Hickok (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay junior Lily Ferguson (Div. V), Fairfield senior Isabelle Hale (Div. V) and Fairfield senior Meri Jackson (Div. V).
Second-team selections for boys All-District teams were: Hillsboro senior Kameron Evers (Div. III), McClain sophomore Lucas Banks (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay senior Levi Fields (Div. V), Lynchburg-Clay junior Tanner Roberts (Div. V), Lynchburg-Clay freshman Colton Short (Div. V), Fairfield sophomore Blake Walters (Div. V) and Whiteoak junior Christopher Wessner (Div. V).
Honorable mention players for the girls were: Hillsboro junior Ella Jordan (Div. III), Hillsboro junior Piper Wilkin (Div. III), McClain senior Allie Burgess (Div. IV), McClain sophomore Kalleigh Freeze (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay senior Caraline West (Div. V), Fairfield senior Whitlee Morrow (Div. V) and Fairfield senior Emerson Zink (Div. V).
Honorable mention players for the boys were: Hillsboro sophomore Mason Rinal (Div. III), Hillsboro sophomore Luke Thompson (Div. III), McClain senior Case Robbins (Div. IV), McClain sophomore Gavin Stephens (Div. IV), Lynchburg-Clay senior Mason Fisher (Div. V), Lynchburg-Clay senior Sam Turner (Div. V), Fairfield freshman Adron Hale (Div. V), Fairfield junior Anderson Humphries (Div. V), Whiteoak senior Tre Lamb (Div. V) and Whiteoak freshman Koltyn Spitznagel (Div. V).