Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Idaho

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GIRLS SOCCER

Kelsey Oyler

Midfielder/Forward
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HS
MERIDIAN, IDAHO
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
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Peak Performance

18

2019 goals

27

2019 assists
“Kelsey is dangerous up top and is a good scorer. She isn’t just a one-way player waiting for her teammates to win the ball. She plays defense, competes hard on the ball and is always doing the extra-effort things to put herself in position to make a play.”
Steve Snider
Head Coach - Head coach of Centennial High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 junior midfielder and forward led the Grizzlies to a 17-1-2 record and a second straight Class 5A state championship this past season. Oyler compiled 18 goals and 27 assists. The Idaho Press Girls Soccer Athlete of the Year, Oyler is a two-time First Team All-State selection. Representing her club team, the Boise Timber Thorns, she was one of 38 players selected to play in the Elite Clubs National League National (ECNL) Selection Game in February.

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Academic Achievement

Oyler has maintained a weighted 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on scholarship at Gonzaga University beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Exemplary Character

Oyler has volunteered locally as a tutor for children with special needs and as a youth soccer coach. She has also donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church youth group.