The Kennedale LadyKat Soccer team won the state title in April. Last month they received their state championship ring, an honor many dream about but few see in reality. {{more}}
Allie Thornton (l) All-State1st Team, All-Region & District MVP; Abbie Olmos All-State 2nd Team &
District Offense MVP
In eleven short years, Kennedale?s girls soccer program has gone form scraping together wins as a first year team to wearing a state championship ring.Since that championship win, the LadyKats have been honored with proclamations from the City of Kennedale, the Kennedale ISD Board of Trustees and the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. They have been featured on Channel 8 and they have been called the “Class of 4A Soccer.”
(l-r) Kylie Deel – District Defensive MVP, Alondra Olmos ? Midfielder MVP, Michael Strange, Region and
District Coach of Year
In addition, each one of the team members has been awarded some type of recognition, either an All-State or an All-District honor or both. The head coach Michael Strange is the Coach of the Year in both 4A Region 1 and District 8-4A. Twenty LadyKats dominated all-district selections. Two earned All-State Teams designations.
1st Team All District (top row l-r) Lauren Otts, Taylor Bush, Daphne Hunt, Abigail Key, (bottom row l-r) Sara
Vazquez, Baylee Gow, Cara Hunt and Claire Hamilton
The Texas Association of Soccer Coaches announced the selection of the 2015 4A All State Teams. Allie Thornton made the 1st team and Abigail Olmos was selected to the 2nd team.
Dallas Morning News Sports Day?s All- Region team – Allie Thornton 1st Team.
2nd Team All District (top row l-r) Taylor Fox, Bailey Crowley, Esme Garcia, Megan Jukubisin, (bottom row
l-r) Jolene Martinez, Emmy Hamilton (3rd Team Marisa Etche and Erin
Clark
All district awards this year went to
- MVP ? Allie Thornton
- Offensive MVP ? Abigail Olmos
- Defensive MVP ? Kylie Deel tie with Reyna Romero (Venus)
- Midfielder MVP ? Alondra Olmos
- Coach of the Year ? Michael Strange
- 1st Team ? Lauren Otts, Taylor Bush, Daphne Hunt, Abigail Key, Sara Vazquez, Baylee Gow, Cara Hunt and Claire Hamilton
- 2nd Team ? Taylor Fox, Bailey Crowley, Esme Garcia, Megan Jakubisin, Jolene Martinez and Emmy Hamilton
- 3rd Team ? Marisa Etche and Erin Clark