USYNT standouts highlight 2025-26 Gatorade Girls Soccer State Players of the Year
CHICAGO — In its 41st year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade announced the full slate of 2025-26 Girls Soccer State Players of the Year. (VIEW WINNERS)
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes each player as the best high school boys soccer player in their respective states.
Included in this year’s state winners are numerous U.S. Youth National Team roster pool members, such as Gianna Hanf (New Jersey), Taylor Morrell (Virginia), Maddie Di Maria (Missouri), Felicity Nguyen (California), Chloe Sadler (Utah), Carolina Reyna (Texas) and more.
All state winners were entered as finalists for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year award. See below for a full listing of winners from each state, along with links to press releases on every player:
| Name | State |
| Kati Shepherd | AL |
| Addysen Gasser | AK |
| Kendall Pechacek | AZ |
| Ella Dietz | AR |
| Felicity Nguyen | CA |
| Reese Morgan | CO |
| Maeve Staunton | CT |
| Sarah McFarland | DE |
| Chanel Wright | DC |
| Teagan Jahns | FL |
| Sydney Snow | GA |
| Kulia Montgomery | HI |
| Campbell Wilson | ID |
| Emerson Burke | IL |
| Sloane May | IN |
| Drea Kern | IA |
| Sara Claire Michaelis | KS |
| Joanna Bryant | KY |
| Isabella Baltov | LA |
| Noelle Mallory | ME |
| Lauren Hemann | MD |
| Emmy O’Donnell | MA |
| Camryn Huhn | MI |
| Bella Naples | MN |
| Lynley McCarley | MS |
| Maddie DiMaria | MO |
| Saira Mehmood | MT |
| Ansley Throener | NE |
| Olivia Stark | NV |
| Cassidy Engle | NH |
| Gianna Hanf | NJ |
| Bryson Fankam | NM |
| Alexis Fragnito | NY |
| Riley Pickels | NC |
| Sarah Helderop | ND |
| Mia Stevens | OH |
| Camryn Regier | OK |
| Frances Reuland | OR |
| Lilia Calvert | PA |
| Alexa Barajas | RI |
| Ella Petry | SC |
| Kinsley Pesicka | SD |
| Jayla Blue | TN |
| Carolina Reyna | TX |
| Chloe Sadler | UT |
| Elsa Klein | VT |
| Taylor Morrell | VA |
| Saleen Koszorus | WA |
| Annabelle Skidmore | WV |
| Amara Leppla | WI |
| Isabel Vasco | WY |
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