Emily Hester ’13 Named DC Soccer Player of the Year

Emily Hester ’13 has been named its 2012-13 Gatorade District of Columbia Girls Soccer Player of the Year.  The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Together these qualities have earned her the title of District of Columbia’s best high school girls soccer player, and she will be a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year award, to be announced in May.

The 5-foot-8 senior midfielder led the Eagles to a 15-2-3 record and the Independent School League Tournament title as well as the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament championship this past season. Hester scored eight goals and passed for eight assists. A four-time First Team All-ISL pick, she was a 2012 Washington Post First Team All-Met selection. A member of the National Cathedral School student government, she has volunteered locally as a peer mentor, a student ambassador, and as a youth soccer coach.

The official announcement of Emily's award quotes Maret Head Coach Chloe Beizer as saying, “Emily Hester is a very intelligent player. She is also an absolute workhorse. She’s crafty, she’s also a great distributor, she’s got excellent vision and nearly perfect ball-placement.”

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade high school sports leadership team in partnership with USA TODAY High School Sports, who work with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.

Congratulations, Emily!  We're very proud of you!
 
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