Paste BN High School Sports Awards: Dallas girls soccer nominees
The Paste BN High School Sports Awards are slated to celebrate the top student-athletes in the Dallas area.
On June 18, 2020, at 6 p.m., Paste BN will fete high school standouts with a star-studded online show available free of charge to all viewers. The show will also be available on demand after the initial live event.
Here are the nine nominees for Dallas Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
Landry Corbett
School: Independence High (Frisco)
Class: 2020
Position: Forward
College: Colorado School of Mines
Noteworthy: Corbett led Independence with 17 goals and 12 assists, including a hat trick in a 7-0 drubbing of El Paso’s Del Valle High.
Presley Echols
School: Highland Park
Position: Forward
Class: 2020
College: Texas
Noteworthy: Echols broke the Lady Scots’ 22-year-old career scoring record of 145 goals by Meredith Florence when she notched a hat trick against Conrad High.
Sarah Hornyak
School: Southlake Carroll
Position: Midfielder
Class: 2020
College: Baylor
Noteworthy: A member of the National Honor Society, Hornyak showed her scoring ability when she netted two goals for the Lady Dragons against Keller Central.
Lauren Kellett
School: Coppell High
Class: 2020
Position: Goalkeeper
College: TCU
Noteworthy: Known to rise up and seize the ball at its high point, the Cowgirls goalie stonewalled all opponents in District 6-6A.
Maja Davison Lardner
School: Highland Park
Class: 2021
Position: Forward
College: Georgetown
Noteworthy: After earning state final MVP honors in 2019, Davison Lardner was a major part of the Highland Park machine, netting goals and navigating through opposing defenses for deft touches.
Alli Mills
School: Southlake Carroll
Position: Goalkeeper
College: Wyoming
Noteworthy: Mills had 13 shutouts, and opponents scored more than two goals against Southlake Carroll only twice this season.
Hadley Murrell
School: Prosper High
Class: 2022
Position: Forward
College: Undecided
Noteworthy: The sophomore introduced herself with 12 goals in 10 games for the Lady Eagles.
Alexis Neal
School: Carrolton Ranchview
Class: 2022
Position: Forward
College: Undecided
Noteworthy: Tenacious on the attack, Neal soared atop the scoring leaderboard as she topped the Dallas area with 42 goals.
Megan O’Neal
School: Highland Park
Class: 2020
Position: Midfielder/Defender
College: Georgia
Noteworthy: Before departing for the SEC, O’Neal negotiated her way upfield and notched four goals against Newman Smith.