ECNL players make up 30 of 51 Gatorade Girls Players of the Year
RICHMOND, VA (Via ECNL) – ECNL players make up 30 of the 51 Gatorade State Girls’ Soccer Players of the Year for the 2016-2017 campaign.
Each of the seven ECNL conferences have at least two players who earned this honor, with the Midwest and the Northeast each contributing six players in this year’s Gatorade State Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year honors. Eighteen of the honorees are 2017 graduates, and they are all moving on to play Division I collegiate soccer this fall. Congratulations to the following ECNLers on their Gatorade State Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year honors:
| State | Player Name | ECNL Member Club |
| Arizona | Erika Yost | SC Del Sol |
| California | Kennedy Wesley | So Cal Blues |
| Colorado | Shae Holmes | Real Colorado |
| Delaware | Alyssa Poarch | Continental FC |
| District of Columbia | Maliah Morris | Bethesda SC |
| Georgia | Rachel Jones | Tophat SC |
| Idaho | Lauren Bouvia | FC Nova |
| Illinois | Emma Thomson | Sockers FC |
| Indiana | Kristina Lynch | Indiana Fire |
| Iowa | Regan Steigleder | Michigan Hawks |
| Kansas | Gracely Briley | Sporting Blue Valley |
| Maryland | Cammie Murtha | Bethesda SC |
| Massachusetts | Eve Hewins | FC Boston Scorpions |
| Minnesota | Meredith Haakenson | Minnesota Thunder Academy |
| Mississippi | Morgan O’Connor | Birmingham United |
| Missouri | Kirsten Davis | SLSG-MO |
| Montana | Alexa Coyle | FC Nova |
| Nevada | Arlie Jones | San Diego Surf * |
| New Hampshire | Bailey Kolinski | FC Stars |
| New Jersey | Frankie Tagliaferri | PDA |
| New York | Madisyn Pezzino | Western New York Flash |
| Ohio | Sofia Rossi | Indiana Fire * |
| Oklahoma | Taylor Malham | FC Dallas |
| Oregon | Kaillen Fried | FC Portland |
| Rhode Island | Marykate McGuire | Boston Breakers Academy |
| South Carolina | Caroline Conti | Carolina Elite SA |
| Tennessee | Karlie Paschall | Tophat SC |
| Texas | Diana Ordonez | FC Dallas |
| Virginia | Claire Constant | McLean YSA |
| Wisconsin | Taylor Kerwin | FC Wisconsin Eclipse |
*ECNL Discovery Player
Fourteen of the Gatorade State Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year honorees will begin their fight for the ECNL National Finals this week at the ECNL National Playoffs in Rockford, Illinois.
