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Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Minnesota

Gatorade Player of the year

Maddie Dahlien

Forward
EDINA HS
EDINA, MINNESOTA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

37

Goals

14

Assists

92

Goals (career)

43

Assists (career)
“Maddie Dahlien was easily the most dangerous player in the state and was a difference-maker every single game. No matter how you play against her, she will always get chances.”
Tony Peszneker
Head Coach - head coach of Wayzata High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9 senior forward scored 37 goals and passed for 14 assists this past season, leading the Hornets (20-1) to the Class AAA state semifinals. Dahlien recorded 11 goals and four assists in six postseason games and was named Class AAA Miss Soccer and the Minneapolis Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year. A three-time First Team All-State selection, Dahlien is ranked as the nation’s No. 66 recruit in the Class of 2022 by TopDrawerSoccer.com. She concluded her prep soccer career with 92 goals and 43 assists.

Academic Achievement

Dahlien has maintained a weighted 3.80 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at the University of North Carolina this fall.

Exemplary Character

A three-time track and field state sprinting champion, Dahlien has volunteered locally as a youth soccer coach.