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7 Days Until the State Girls Track & Field Announcement
Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - New Jersey

Gatorade Player of the year

Gianna Hanf

Midfielder
NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL HS
COLUMBUS, NEW JERSEY
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

36

Goals

5

Assists
“ Gianna Hanf is the best and most complete player school girls soccer. I had the pleasure of seeing her play several times over the last three years in the summer leagues and in the fall high school season, including playing against her in the tournament. She is dominant technically, tactically and physically. She’s incredibly strong and fast on the ball, she can create her own shot and she’s also an amazingly unselfish playmaker. Gianna is the most exciting female player I’ve ever seen in person.”
Drew Wagner
Head Coach - Shawnee High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 junior midfielder led the Greyhounds to a 16-5-2 record and the Group 3 tournament semifinals this past season. Hanf scored 36 goals and passed for five assists, setting the school’s single-season scoring record in the process. Hanf has represented Team USA at the U-14 and U-17 level and has trained with Gotham FC in the NWSL. Ranked as nation’s No. 7 recruit in her class by TopDrawer Soccer, she was the Central New Jersey Player of the Year as well as a 2025 United Soccer Coaches All-American selection.

Academic Achievement

Hanf has maintained an A average in the classroom. She has made a verbal  commitment to play soccer on scholarship at the University of North Carolina beginning in the fall of 2027.

Exemplary Character

Hanf has volunteered locally with the Down Syndrome Association of Central NJ/Club Dreams in addition to donating her time cleaning up trash with her high school team. Also a member of the Interact Club at her school, she works directly with Rotary International as a part of community-building and service projects.