Today, we size up the midfielders that were selected to participate in this week's Girls High School All-America Game, which will be held Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. The match will be live-streamed on PrepSoccer.net.
<strong>EAST</strong>
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="24314" first="Taylor" last="Brennan"], Council Rock North (Pa.), Michigan</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Gavin Flannigan
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 22; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 13
<strong>Honors:</strong> Four-year varsity starter. … Selected for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association Senior All-Star Classic in 2021. … Three-time Suburban One League first team (2019, 2020, 2021), 2019 Suburban One League first team and Bucks County second team. … 2018 Suburban One League honorable mention.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="24182" first="Mary" last="Cochran"], Ramapo (N.J.), Georgetown</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Maddie Dalie
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 53; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 45
Honors: Four-year varsity starter. … Two-time NJ first-team All Group 3 (2019, 2020). … Two-time NJ State Top 20 Player (2019, 2020). … Three-time first-team All-Freedom League (2019, 2020, 2021). … Three-time first-team All-Bergen County (2019, 2020, 2021). … Three-time Midseason Top NJ Midfielder (2019, 2020, 2021). … Three-time first-team All-Big North Conference (2019, 2020, 2021). … Five-time Player of the Week (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). … 2019 North Jersey All-Decade Team. … 2019 North Jersey Player of the Year. … 2019 Bergen County team champion. … 2019 NJ North 1 Group 3 sectional champion. … 2019 NJ Group 3 state finalist. … 2020 Big North Conference Player of the Year. … 2020 North 1 Player of the Year. … 2020 North Jersey Player of the Year finalist. … 2020 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team. … 2020 United Soccer Coaches All-American Team. … 2021 Bergen County team finalists. … Team captain. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="24552" first="Mirann" last="Gacioch"], Nichols School (N.Y.), Ohio State</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Larry Desautels
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 49; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 38
Honors: Two-year team captain. … Two-time MVP. … Section VI All-WNY first team. … Player of the Year Monsignor Martin League in 2021. … MMHSAA Division A All-Catholic team. … First-team all-state Class B. … Point leader for the high school team. … Helped team to MMHSAA championship game four consecutive years, scored the two winning goals advancing the team to the 2018 state championship game. … Member of the school’s track team and team the team in points earned and earned track MVP honors. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="20910" first="Sophia" last="Lowenberg"], Trumbull (Conn.), Boston College</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Richard Sutherland
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 31; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 56
<strong>Honors:</strong> All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference first team in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. … Trumbull team captain in 2021. … Named one of New England Soccer Journal’s 2020 Preseason Best XI. … Led Trumbull to the 2020 FCIAC East Region co-championship, its first since 2006. …Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="25714" first="Ava" last="Minnier"], Downingtown West (Pa.), Penn State</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Meghan Brogan
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 26; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 11
Honors: All-Area first team in 2020. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="22647" first="Kelsey" last="Smith"], McDonogh School (Md.), Maryland</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Harry Canellakis
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 34
<strong>Honors:</strong> IAAM A Conference champion in 2018, 2019 and 2021. … IAAM Athlete of the Week Oct. 12, 2021. … MACS all-state first team in 2019. … Baltimore Sun All-Metro in 2019. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>WEST</strong>
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27532" first="Summer" last="Connery"], Rowland Hall (Utah), Colgate</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Colette Jepson-Smith
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 112; Career Assists: 58
<strong>Honors:</strong> UHSAA 2A MVP in 2020. … Four-time first-team all-state (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). … Three-time state champion (2018, 2019, 2020). … Four-time region champion (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). … UHSAA Girls Soccer All-Academic All-State in 2021. … Team Captain. … Team MVP in 2020. … KUTV Prep of the Week. … UHSAA 2A leading scorer in 2019. … UHSAA state assist leader in 2018. … Three-time MaxPreps Player of the Week.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="34266" first="Elle" last="Frazier"], Grant (Ore.), Portland State</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Manolis Tjuanakis
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 44; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 22
<strong>Honors:</strong> First-team all-league. … PIL Player of the Year. … OSAA 6A state champion (first title in school’s history). … MVP of the state championship game with two goals, one assist. … Class 6A leading scorer. … Varsity captain. … Oregon Athlete of the Week. … Had 31 goals and 11 assists as a senior.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="23735" first="Hannah" last="Galvin"], Liberty (Nev.)</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Charity Schmitt
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 15; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 12
<strong>Honors:</strong> Varsity captain in 2021. … Mountain West first team in 2021.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="30275" first="Mallory" last="Glass"], Sacred Heart (Ky.), Kentucky</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Sabrina Davis
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 64; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 36
Honors: Gatorade Player of the Year for Kentucky in 2020-2021. … United Soccer Coaches Association All-America in 2020. … Kentucky Youth Soccer Player of the Year. … United Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year. … All-South region team. … Kentucky Region 7 Player of the Year. … Kentucky state champion in 2018 and 2020. … Kentucky final four appearance in 2019. … Academic All-American in 2018, 2019, 2020. … Kentucky all-state first team. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="25268" first="Riley" last="Kerber"], Medina (Ohio), Boston College</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Jason Rutkowski
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 30; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 19
<strong>Honors:</strong> All-Ohio. … MVP of the GCC conference. … GCC first-team and second-team honors during her high school career. … First-team and second-team All-Akron conference during her high school career. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29324" first="Violet" last="Rademacher"], Rocky Mountain (Idaho), Portland</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Donal Kaehler
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 34; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 37
<strong>Honors:</strong> Class 5A SIC Player of the Year in 2021. … Team captain in 2020 and 2021. … Class 5A SIC first team in 2019 and 2020. … Class 5A all-state first team in 2020 and 2021. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="28137" first="Chloe" last="Seelhoff"], Glacier Peak (Wash.), Washington</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Billy Wiskel
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 45; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 29
<strong>Honors:</strong> Everett Herald Girls Soccer Player of the Year in 2020. … All-Wesco Class 4A first-team 2019-2021. … Class 4A all-area first team. … Offensive MVP in 2019, 2020, 2021. … KRKO Player of the Week (Sept. 2021). … Mill Creek Beacon Athlete of the Week (Oct. 2021). … TopDrawerSoccer state star in 2019. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>Makenna Souder, Eastwood (Ohio)</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Megan Rutherford
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 139; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 50
<strong>Honors:</strong> All-Ohio in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. … United Soccer Coaches All-Region in 2019, 2020, and 2021. United Soccer Coaches All-America in 2019, 2020, and 2021. … Northwest Ohio District Player of the Year in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. … Four-time first-team All-District Northwest Ohio. … Two-time Northern Buckeye Conference Player of the Year. … Four-time Buckeye Conference first-team selection. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="34271" first="Jansen" last="Story"], Mercy Academy (Ky.)</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Andrew Gottbrath
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 69;<strong> Career Assists:</strong> 33
Honors: First-team all-state, 6th Region Player of the Year, team captain, first-team all-region, first-team all-district in 2021. … West all-state honorable mention, 6th Region Player of the Year, first-team all-region, first-team all-district in 2020. … First-team all-region and first-team all-district in 2019. … First-team all-region in 2018.
<strong>THE EDGE:</strong> EAST
Every rostered midfielder in the East is bound for Power-5 conference programs. That alone gives the competitive edge to East. However, in recent years, the West players tend to perform better as a group as they feel they have something to prove. In this year’s case, it might be shaping up that way, again. A couple of players have re-opened their recruiting and/or have yet to sign. This will be a great platform for those players to showcase their skills.
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