“Ellie can not only get the ball in the net, but she is the one who commands the field and her team. She has amazing field vision and decision-making ability in addition to her technical skills.”

Kelly Bender

Head Coach - Head coach of Gateway High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 junior midfielder led the Fightin’ Planets to a 22-0-1 record and the Class 3A state championship this past season. Coffield amassed 31 goals and 30 assists, including three goals and three assists in four state tournament matches. A First Team All-State selection, Coffield was named the 2019 Moe Rosensteel Most Outstanding Player of the Year by Pittsburgh Soccer Now. She concluded her junior year with 71 goals and 65 assists in her prep soccer career.

Academic Achievement

Coffield has maintained a weighted 4.17 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh beginning in the fall of 2021.

Exemplary Character

A state champion with the Mars High girls basketball team, Coffield has volunteered locally for her family-run The Cure for Cancer Soccer Foundation, which raises funds to support pediatric cancer research. She has also donated her time as a preschool teacher at her church and as a youth soccer and basketball coach.