Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - West Virginia

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GIRLS SOCCER

Sammie Brown

Midfielder
MORGANTOWN HS
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

25

2019 goals

21

2019 assists

70

Career goals

61

Career assists
“Sammie is just at another level. From her skill set to her anticipation and even her ability to control the pace of a game on her own, she’s the best player we saw all year. Everything ran through her from the midfield.”
Ryan Wells
Head Coach - Head coach of Oak Glen High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-3 senior midfielder led the Mohigans to a 20-2-1 record and the Class AAA state championship this past season. Brown recorded 25 goals and 21 assists, including one of each in Morgantown’s 3-2 win over Hedgesville High in the state final. The daughter of West Virginia University women’s soccer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, she was the 2019 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a three-time First Team All-State selection. She concluded her prep soccer career with 70 goals and 61 assists.

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Academic Achievement

Brown has maintained a 3.94 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at Auburn University.

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Exemplary Character

The Morgantown High Homecoming Queen, Brown has volunteered locally with Nuru International, which fights extreme poverty, and as a youth soccer coach.