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App State Signee Named Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year

BOONE, N.C. — Incoming App State women's soccer freshman Jordan Grigsby has been named the 2019-20 Gatorade Louisiana Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

A 5-foot-8 defender from Northshore High School in Slidell, La., Grigsby is recognized as her state's best girls soccer player and is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year award that will be announced later this month.

"Jordan is a first-class student-athlete," said App State head coach Sarah Strickland. "What attracted us most about Jordan was her consistency and how her values dictated her words, and more importantly, her actions.