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Gatorade 2016 - 2017: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Arizona

Gatorade Player of the year

Erika Yost

Forward
FOUNTAIN HILLS HS
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

104

Goals

34

Assists
“Erika is dangerously fast and can finish. Trying to contain her for a full 80 minutes is very difficult.”
Mike Philipp
Head Coach at Scottsdale Christian High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 senior forward led the Falcons to an 18-3-1 record and the Conference 3A state championship this past season. Yost scored 54 goals, including both tallies in Fountain Hills' 2-0 win over Trivium Prep in the state final. She recorded 17 multi-goal games and added 20 assists. Yost is a three-time First Team All-State selection and the 2017 AZ Central Small School Player of the Year. She concluded her prep soccer career with 104 goals and 34 assists.

Academic Achievement

Yost has maintained a weighted 4.10 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at the University of Oklahoma beginning this fall.

Exemplary Character

A member of her local Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, Yost has volunteered locally with her school's Falcon Leadership Program and as part of multiple community service initiatives through Fountain Hills' National Honor Society. "Erika is dangerously fast and can finish," said Mike Philipp, head coach of Scottsdale Christian High. "Trying to contain her for a full 80 minutes is very difficult."