Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Delaware

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GIRLS SOCCER

Gabby Riley

Midfielder/Forward
MIDDLETOWN HS
MIDDLETOWN , DELAWARE
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

31

Goals

11

Assists

84

Career Goals

49

Career Assists
“She’s an extremely technical player and compliments those qualities with a very high-end soccer IQ and tactical awareness. She wows you with her ability to finish, and not just around the goal. She scored a couple of times on us from way outside the box.”
Justin Null
Head Coach - St. Georges Technical High head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-4 junior midfielder and forward led the Cavaliers to a 15-2-1 record and the Division I state championship this past season. Riley recorded two hat tricks in the state tournament, including in the title game. She finished the season with 31 goals and 11 assists and enters her senior year as the school’s record-holder in career goals (84) and assists (49).

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Academic Achievement

Riley has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on scholarship at the University of Delaware beginning in the fall of 2024.

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Exemplary Character

Riley has volunteered locally as a “buddy” with Middletown High’s Special Olympics soccer team and for the Town of Townsend, helping to organize and prepare for town events. She also has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through National Honor Society, including school events, food drives and reading to elementary school students.