Robert Calazans of Mandarin was named the Gatorade Florida boys soccer player of the year on Friday. (Contributed by Calazans family) (Calazans family, Calazans family)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mandarin soccer star Robert Calazans added one more big award to his trophy case.
Calazans was named the Gatorade Player of the Year on Friday, capping his career with one of the biggest state awards out there. Calazans, also the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX player of the year, scored 33 goals and added 14 assists to lead the Mustangs to the Class 6A state championship game for the second consecutive season. The senior forward has signed with UNF.
Midfielders Gary Lewis (Orange Park, 2002-03) and Trey Langlois (Bishop Kenny, 2014-15), and forward Reed Davis (Fleming Island, 2016-17 and ’17-18) are the only other local winners of the Gatorade state award since it begin in 1985.
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