FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

PRESENTED BY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DRUSINSKY SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE

Female High School Athlete of the Year Award is presented to one female high school athlete who has most distinguished herself/itself through athletic excellence during the past year or athletic season and is in good academic standing.

Katie Clute

Olmsted Falls High School, Cross Country and Track & Field

A four-time Southwest Conference Champion, Katie Clute, set the state championship cross country record to become the 2022 OHSAA Division I State Champion. Additionally, Clute finished undefeated in OHSAA Cross Country as well as Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field. This three-time Morning Journal Runner of the Year and Cleveland.com’s Runner of the Year will continue her athletic and academic career at the University of Oregon.

Caroline Jurevicius

Notre Dame Cathedral Latin High School, Volleyball 2022 Crown Conference Player of the Year, Caroline Jurevicius, finished her final season with 445 kills, 41 aces and led NDCL High School to an OHSSA Division II State Championship. She was the 2022 News-Herald Player of the Year, Cleveland.com’s Volleyball Player of the Year and the 2022 District Player of the Year. Jurevicius has committed to the University of Nebraska.

Tessa Knapp

Bay Village High School, Soccer Earning First Team All-Ohio, Tessa Knapp helped lead Bay High School to the State Semi-Finals with a school single season record of 50 goals. She was named the United Soccer Coaches 2022 High School All-American Team and All-Regional Team, Morning Journal Soccer Player of the Year and Greater Cleveland Soccer Coaches Association’s Division II Player of the Year.