Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Kansas

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GIRLS SOCCER

Sydney Watts

Forward
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HS
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

24

Goals

14

Assists

2.2

Avg. Points per Contest
“We played them twice this year and the first time she had two goals against us with three D-I defenders in front of her and a D1 keeper in the net—we could not stop her. No one else we’ve seen even comes close to her all-around talent.”
Michelle Pothoven
Head Coach - Blue Valley Northwest High head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 senior forward led the Saints (18-2-1) to a third straight 5A state championship this past season. The 5A Forward of the Year and the state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, Watts recorded 24 goals and 14 assists. Also the Eastern Kansas League Forward of the Year, she averaged 2.2 points per game.

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Academic Achievement

Watts has maintained an A average in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at Vanderbilt University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Watts has volunteered locally at youth basketball and soccer camps and she’s helped tutor a student with learning disabilities in English class. She also has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church.