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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Nebraska

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GIRLS SOCCER

Sonora DeFini

Forward
GRETNA EAST HS
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

55

Goals (Season)

11

Assists (Season)
“Good players use their physical ability to make plays, but great players—generational players like Sonora—use not only their physical ability, but they study the game, watch the game. As a result, Sonora sees the game in slow motion, and she’s always in the right place at the right time.”
John Carlson
Head Coach head coach at Skutt Catholic High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 junior forward led the Griffins (21-1) to the Class B state championship in the program’s first year. DeFini set a new single-season state record with 55 goals, breaking the previous mark of 54 set in 1998. She also added 11 assists and scored nine of her team’s 20 goals in the Class B state tournament. 

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Academic Achievement

DeFini has maintained a 3.78 GPA in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on scholarship at Oklahoma State University beginning in the fall of 2025.

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Exemplary Character

DeFini has volunteered locally as a soccer and basketball coach at various youth camps. She has also donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through the National Honor Society chapter at Gretna East.