Thirty-five ECNL Girls athletes named Gatorade State High School Players of the Year

RICHMOND, Va. – This season, a record setting 35 ECNL Girls players were selected as 2022-23 Gatorade State High School Players of the Year, awarded to the best high school soccer player in each state.

In addition to the 35 Gatorade State High School Players of the Year, Kennedy Fuller (Solar SC) was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year.

Since 1985, Gatorade has recognized the most outstanding high school student-athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement, and exemplary character.

See below for a full listing of ECNL winners.

State	Player	Club
Alabama	Kierson McDonald	Alabama FC
Arizona	Bella Leonard	Utah Royals FC-AZ
Arkansas	Samantha De Luca	Arkansas Rising
California	Charlotte Kohler	MVLA
Connecticut	Alexa Pino	World Class FC
District of Columbia	Emely Rubio	Maryland United FC
Florida	Grace Ivey	Florida Elite SA
Georgia	Solai Washington	Concorde Fire Platinum
Hawaii	Carly Ann Cormack	East Meadow SC
Idaho	Sammy Smith	Boise Thorns
Illinois	Kiley McMinn	SLSG MO
Iowa	Zoey Mahoney	Sporting Iowa
Kansas	Sydney Watts	Sporting Blue Valley
Kentucky	Amanda Schlueter	Kings Hammer SC
Maryland	Payton Schenning	Maryland United FC
Michigan	Lilley Bosley	Liverpool FC IA Michigan
Minnesota	Taylor Heimerl	Minnesota Thunder Academy
Mississippi	Mary France Symmes	Alabama FC
Missouri	Megan Hinnenkamp	Kansas City Athletics
Montana	Olivia Collins	Boise Thorns
Nebraska	Allison Marshall	Gretna Elite Academy
Nevada	Trinity Buchanan	Heat FC
New Hampshire	Araceli Cloutier	FC Stars White
New Jersey	Melina Rebimbas	PDA Blue
New York	Linda Ullmark	WNY Flash
North Carolina	Taylor Suarez	Charlotte SA
Ohio	Emma Stransky	Internationals SC
Oklahoma	Narissa Fults	Oklahoma Energy FC
Oregon	Ellie Felt	Portland Thorns Academy
South Carolina	Jessica Osborne	Florida Elite SA
Tennessee	Brinley Murphy	FC Alliance
Texas	Kennedy Fuller	Solar SC
Utah	Nevaeh Peregrina	La Roca
Virginia	Kami Winger	VDA
Washington	Shelby Runje	Crossfire Premier