Prattville senior Austin Ledkins named Autauga County Soccer Player of the Year

Austin Ledkins was the reason Prattville stayed dangerous all spring. The senior forward led the Lions with 18 goals and 7 assists in 25 games, delivering against a schedule that featured Hoover, Auburn, Thompson and Vestavia Hills, and he was later named Autauga County Soccer Player of the Year.

That production mattered because Prattville did not pad its record against light opposition. The Lions finished 12-9-4 overall, went 4-2 in area play and placed second in Class 7A Area 5, with MaxPreps listing a 2-2 tie at Hoover on Feb. 27, a 3-1 loss to Vestavia Hills on March 7 and a 4-1 loss to Thompson on March 12. Against that level of competition, Ledkins gave Prattville goals and assists when the margin for error was thin.

Prattville’s season started with the Lakeshore Classic in Birmingham and later moved through the Capital of Dreams Tournament in Montgomery, where the Lions tested themselves against strong programs before finding their rhythm. The trip that seemed to sharpen the team most came at the Southern Coast Cup in Foley, where Prattville won three games in three days and allowed just one goal. Ledkins said that was one of his favorite team moments of the season, and coach Trevor Ledkins said the early schedule against top-ten opponents prepared the Lions for that run.

The postseason showed the same pattern. Prattville earned its way into the playoffs by beating Tuscaloosa County and Hillcrest Tuscaloosa, then met Vestavia Hills again in a match that ended level and had to be decided by penalty kicks. Austin Ledkins converted a crucial penalty to keep the Lions alive, one of the defining individual moments of his season as Prattville pushed deep into another pressure-packed game.

At the team’s season-ending banquet, Ledkins was also named Prattville’s Most Valuable Player. His award adds to a growing run for Prattville boys soccer, which finished 18-4-1 in 2025, won Class 7A Area 5, reached the Elite Eight and ended the year ranked No. 3 in the final postseason poll before losing to Oak Mountain. Trevor Ledkins was named Autauga County Soccer Coach of the Year in 2025, and the program also sent a record eight players to college that year.

For Prattville, Austin Ledkins’ breakout season was more than a personal honor. It was a sign that the Lions can still hang with the best of Class 7A, even as the program prepares for the next wave of players who will have to carry that standard forward.