MaLiah Burke earns Gatorade North Dakota Girls Soccer Player of the Year award

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MaLiah Burke partaking in Senior Evening festivities earlier than hitting the sector one final time at Duane Carlson Stadium.

Again-to-back state titles weren’t the one consecutive trophies that MaLiah Burke from Minot Excessive earned in 2022. Burke was named the 2022 Gatorade North Dakota Ladies Soccer Participant of the 12 months, an award that she introduced dwelling in 2021 as nicely.

Along with the Gatorade Participant of the 12 months award, Burke was additionally named the Excellent Senior Athlete and was named to the primary group All-State squad, capping off a really embellished highschool profession.

Burke completed the common season with 16 objectives to guide the Majettes, 10 assists which was good for second on the group and completed first in whole factors with 26. Through the state title run, she added six objectives to her season whole.

The success of Minot Excessive ladies’ soccer over the past two years is not any secret and MaLiah Burke performed a significant position within the group’s success.

There are numerous elements and vital items that go right into a group that posts back-to-back good seasons and is driving an lively 33-game successful streak, and MaLiah Burke was a kind of driving forces within the product that Minot Excessive has developed.

With all of the exhausting work, dedication and energy that MaLiah Burke has put into soccer, her profession will proceed past Minot Excessive as she’s going to play for the UMary Marauders within the fall.