Saint Henry District High School’s Amanda Schlueter has been named the Kentucky girls soccer Gatorade Player of the Year.
Schlueter led the Crusaders in goals, collecting 35 of them in her only high school soccer season; she played on elite travel teams the rest of her career. She also recorded seven assists, scoring in all 17 games played during the 2022 season as she helped the Crusaders to the 9th Region tournament semifinals.
The award recognizes athletic excellence and high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. She volunteered locally at a food bank and has donated her time as a youth soccer and basketball coach.
Schlueter graduated with a 4.22 GPA and signed a national letter of intent to continue her career at Ohio State University. The late announcement is due to some states playing their soccer season during the spring sports session.
She joins Covington Catholic’s Will Sheets as the Northern Kentucky area student-athletes to win Gatorade Player of the Year in their respective sport. Sheets won the award in cross country in January after winning the KHSAA Class AAA individual state cross country title in November with a personal best time of 15:28.2.
Sheets became the first sophomore to win the award in 22 years. He recently won the 3,200 meters at the Class AAA state track and field meet in Lexington on June 3 in a time of 9:16.81, and helped the Colonels 4×800 relay team also win a state title.
