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Sofia Rossi

Forward
WALSH JESUIT HS
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
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Peak Performance

29

Goals

14

Assists
“I have been coaching for 17 years and I do not remember a player that had as much impact on a game for a team than Sofia. She is deadly because she has tremendous knowledge of the game. She is a team player with great vision and can score virtually from any opportunity.”
Pete Ragone
Head Coach at North Royalton High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9 senior forward led the Warriors to a 22-1 record and their fourth straight Division I state championship this past season. Rossi scored 29 goals and passed for 14 assists, including a goal in Walsh Jesuit's 2-0 win over Springboro High in the title game. She scored the game-winning goal in the state final each of her first three championship runs with the Warriors. The two-time Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Division I Player of the Year, Rossi was also the 2016 winner of the Ms. Soccer award. She concluded her prep soccer career with 81 goals and 51 assists.

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Academic Achievement

Rossi has maintained a 3.82 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at Wake Forest University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Rossi has volunteered locally in hospital emergency rooms and at an elder-care facility. She has also donated her time at a homeless shelter and has completed a service-mission trip to Costa Rica. "I have been coaching for 17 years and I do not remember a player that had as much impact on a game for a team than Sofia," said Pete Ragone, head coach of North Royalton High. "She is deadly because she has tremendous knowledge of the game. She is a team player with great vision and can score virtually from any opportunity."