Indy Eleven signs Ryan Hunsucker and Maverick McCoy to USL Academy Contracts

Indianapolis – Indy Eleven has signed goalkeeper Ryan Hunsucker (Westfield, Ind.) and defender Maverick McCoy (Carmel, Ind.) from the club’s championship-winning Academy program to USL Academy contracts. Per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed, and individual status is pending league and federation approval. Academy Contracts allow players to retain their NCAA eligibility.

Since 2019, Indy Eleven has signed 23 players to USL Academy contracts, making the club one of the premier player development destinations in the USL Championship. The Boys in Blue signed Academy-product Logan Neidlinger to his first professional contract in October after he had been on an Academy Contract since January.

The 6’2, 175-pound McCoy returns to the First Team after signing his initial Academy Contract in March. The Notre Dame commit was on the Boys in Blue 18-man roster for four games in 2024. He was one of five Players to Watch at the USL Academy League Finals.

Both McCoy and Hunsucker were selected to the 2024 USL Academy League Finals All-Tournament Second Team after Indy Eleven earned its second championship in the four-year history of the event.

The 6’3, 175-pound Hunsucker made 11 saves in the USL Academy League Finals championship match to record a clean sheet against an AC Connecticut team that had not been shut out in USL Academy play in 2024 after scoring a league-best 46 goals. The Indiana University commit notched two clean sheets at the Finals, and he made a key shootout save in the Boys in Blue’s opening-match victory.

At the 2024 USL Academy Cup in March, Hunsucker earned the Golden Glove and Young Player of the Tournament awards after three clean sheets with just one goal allowed in the Indy Eleven repeat championship.

Academy Director and Head Coach Kiki Wallace’s U20 Boys in Blue finished 2024 with a 15-0-3 record vs. USL Academy competition, the USL Academy Cup championship, and the USL Academy League Finals crown. The team scored 45 goals and allowed a league-low 10, recording seven shutouts.

The 17-year-old Hunsucker and McCoy were born five days apart in 2007, and they have been club teammates since they were 12. Hunsucker is a junior at Westfield High School, where he also plays on the varsity basketball team.