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Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Virginia

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GIRLS SOCCER

Shay Montgomery

Midfielder
YORKTOWN HS
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

24

Goals

8

Assists

8

Multi-Goal Games
“Shay is a playmaker who can change the dynamic and momentum of games. Her ability to take players on and find open teammates is unmatched. Her ability to score from nearly impossible angles is like nothing I’ve seen before.”
Hannah Davis
Head Coach - head coach of Yorktown High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year, 5-foot-9 senior midfielder and forward led the Patriots to a 21-1-1 record and the Class 6 state championship this past season. Montgomery scored 24 goals and passed for eight assists with eight multi-goal games. A two-time First Team All-State selection, Montgomery is ranked as the nation’s No. 42 recruit in the Class of 2022 by TopDrawerSoccer.com. She concluded her two-year prep soccer career with 44 goals and 20 assists.

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Academic Achievement

Montgomery has maintained a weighted 4.38 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on scholarship at the University of South Carolina beginning in the fall of 2022.

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Exemplary Character

An award-winning poet, Montgomery has volunteered locally as a peer mentor and youth soccer coach.