Girls Soccer 2008-09 Player of the Year

Rachel Quon

Lake Forest HS, Lake Forest, IL

The 5-foot-3 senior midfielder and defender had recorded 15 goals and 10 assists for Lake Forest at the time of her selection as the Scouts (17-2-1) advanced to the Lake Forest Regional final against Deerfield High, scheduled for May 22. An experienced international player, Quon was a starting defender last fall on the U.S. Soccer Federation Under-17 Women's National Team, which won the silver medal at the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. A current member of the U.S. Soccer Federation U-20 Women's National Team player pool, she is also a two-time Youth All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Quon missed her junior season after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and a meniscal cartilage tear in her right knee, along with a right collarbone fracture during training in July 2007. She has led her Eclipse Select club team to three U.S. Youth Soccer State Cup titles and a pair of USYSA Midwest Regional championships.

Quon has maintained an A average in the classroom. A member of the National Honor Society and the Student Council Executive Board at Lake Forest High School, she has volunteered on behalf of the Church of St. Mary's Camp Hope and the Max Schewitz Foundation. Quon has also donated her time to community service initiatives benefiting the Chicago Botanic Garden, her local Boys & Girls and Rotary clubs, as well as the Openlands nature conservation project. She has served as a Sunday school assistant at Christ Church, a counselor for the United States Youth Soccer Illinois Olympic Development Program camp, and as a youth soccer coach for the Lake Forest Soccer Association and the Lake Bluff recreation program.

Quon has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at Stanford University this fall.