Coyle named Gatorade Player of the Year
6/21/2017 12:38:00 PM | Soccer
Nearly eight months after leading Bozeman High to the Class AA state title, incoming Griz freshman Alexa Coyle has been named the Gatorade Montana Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
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Coyle is the fifth winner of the annual award to come out of Bozeman High and will give the Grizzlies a pair of Gatorade Montana Players of the Year on next season's team.
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Rising redshirt junior midfielder Maddy Emerick, who played at Billings Senior, was the 2013-14 winner.
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The award isn't announced until June each year because 20 states play high school soccer during the spring.
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The 5-foot-10 forward/midfielder, who was voted the Montana Player of the Year as a senior by the Montana High School Coaches Association, led the Hawks to a 15-0-2 record last fall and a state championship.
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She scored 29 goals as a senior and added 15 assists. She had two goals and four assists as the Hawks outscored its three tournament opponents 10-0, including a 3-0 shutout of Helena Capital in the title match.
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Coyle, who totaled 45 career goals, was one of six players named to the Fall All-Northwest Region team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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The younger sister of former Griz and current San Francisco 49ers linebacker Brock Coyle, she has volunteered at a domestic violence center and as part of multiple community-service initiatives through Bozeman High's National Honor Society.
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Coyle won a U16 national title in skiing at the U.S. Alpine Championships as a sophomore and graduated with a 3.84 GPA.
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Coyle will be one of 14 newcomers on next fall's team under seventh-year coach Mark Plakorus.
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Coyle is the fifth winner of the annual award to come out of Bozeman High and will give the Grizzlies a pair of Gatorade Montana Players of the Year on next season's team.
Â
Rising redshirt junior midfielder Maddy Emerick, who played at Billings Senior, was the 2013-14 winner.
Â
The award isn't announced until June each year because 20 states play high school soccer during the spring.
Â
The 5-foot-10 forward/midfielder, who was voted the Montana Player of the Year as a senior by the Montana High School Coaches Association, led the Hawks to a 15-0-2 record last fall and a state championship.
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She scored 29 goals as a senior and added 15 assists. She had two goals and four assists as the Hawks outscored its three tournament opponents 10-0, including a 3-0 shutout of Helena Capital in the title match.
Â
Coyle, who totaled 45 career goals, was one of six players named to the Fall All-Northwest Region team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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The younger sister of former Griz and current San Francisco 49ers linebacker Brock Coyle, she has volunteered at a domestic violence center and as part of multiple community-service initiatives through Bozeman High's National Honor Society.
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Coyle won a U16 national title in skiing at the U.S. Alpine Championships as a sophomore and graduated with a 3.84 GPA.
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Coyle will be one of 14 newcomers on next fall's team under seventh-year coach Mark Plakorus.
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