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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Texas

Gatorade Player of the year

Carolina Reyna

Midfielder/forward
ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
AUSTIN, TEXAS
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

16

Goals

8

Assists
“Carolina steps on the field and makes an immediate impact. She’s the type of player who is confident on the ball and creates all kinds of havoc for opposing teams. She orchestrates the game and is the main offensive player; creative, powerful and hard to mark. She also elevates her team—she’s not the type of player who makes it about the individual.”
Cassidy Williams
Head Coach - Kinkaid School

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 junior midfielder and forward led the Spartans to a 11-1 record and the Southwest Preparatory Conference Class 4A state final this past season. Reyna scored 16 goals and passed for 8 assists, netting a hat trick as St. Stephens beat Greenhill School, 3-0, in the state semifinals. She also scored the game-winner in the state championship game as a sophomore. Reyna has represented the U.S. at the U-15 through U-17 level and was the Golden Boot winner in the 2024 U-15 CONCACAF Championships. An All-Southwest Preparatory Conference selection, she’s ranked as the nation’s No. 18 recruit in her class and No. 3 in the Texas Region by TopDrawerSoccer. She is the daughter of Claudio Reyna, the 1990-91 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year, who played in three World Cup tournaments for Team USA from 1998-2006.

Academic Achievement

Reyna has maintained an A-minus GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer at the University of North Carolina in the fall of 2027. 

Exemplary Character

Reyna has volunteered locally with Festival Beach Community Garden, which grows food for local food pantries. She has also donated her time with Special Olympics Texas.