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She has also donated her time as a mentor to students at Jefferson Academy elementary school. The Class 3A Player of the Year, she was also a three-time First Team All-State selection, concluding her prep soccer career with 68 goals and 34 assists.Īn aspiring doctor, Runyon has volunteered locally at the Peak Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center in Wheat Ridge. Runyon scored 30 goals and passed for 14 assists, including a pair of scores in Jefferson Academy’s 3-0 win over Manitou Springs High School in the state final. The 5-foot-10 senior forward led the Jaguars to an 18-2 record and the Class 3A state championship this past season. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year award to be announced in June, Runyon joins an elite alumni association of state award-winners in 12 sports, including Alyssa Thompson (2020-21, Harvard-Westlake School, Calif.), Mallory Swanson (2014-15, Mountain Vista High School, Colo.), Heather O’Reilly (2002-03 & 2001-02, East Brunswick High School, N.J.) and Abby Wambach (1997-98, Our Lady of Mercy School of Young Women, N.Y.). 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, distinguishes Runyon as Colorado’s best high school girls soccer player. Runyon is the first Gatorade Colorado Girls Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen from Jefferson Academy.

CHICAGO - In its 38th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Kate Runyon of Jefferson Academy is the 2022-23 Gatorade Colorado Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

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