The three-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-5 senior forward has led the Knights to an 11-2 record entering this week's regular-season game against Bettendorf High, scheduled for May 20. Ripslinger scored 15 goals and passed for nine
Ripslinger has maintained a 3.80 GPA in the classroom.
The 2013 Class 3A state champion in the 100-meter dash, she has volunteered locally on behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities, American Red Cross blood-donation drives, as a youth coach and as part of multiple community-service initiatives in associati