2013 Girls Soccer Team
Nominated in: 2013
Inducted in: 2019
2013 State Champions - OHSAA Division II
Front Row: Cathy Eichler (SO), Grace Bennett (SR, Capt), Sara E Connelly (SR), Emily Soltes (SO), Liesl Fahrenkopf (SR), Amanda Oster (SR), Samantha Zamarripa (SO), Emily Fox (JR)
Back Row: Coach Kelly Farrell, Coach Jeff Kaufmann, Sara V Connelly (JR), Sophia Braun (SO), Emily McDonald (SO), Eva Schneider (JR), Jillian Krebs (JR), Grace Tigue (SR), McKenna Klodnick (SR, Capt), Katie Bobbitt (JR), Caroline Auzenbergs (JR), Mary DeVito (JR), Jessica Vitou (JR), Megan Killeen (SR), Sydney Hamker (JR), Abby Elinsky (SR), Head Coach Patrick Hopkins, Coach Nicole Kusek
Criteria For Induction:
The 2013 Rocky River girls’ soccer team finished the season 22-0-1 and ranked No. 5 nationally. The team won the school’s first state championship in any Ohio High School Athletic Association sanctioned sport in the history of the RRHS athletics program.
Under the direction of head coach Patrick Hopkins, the Pirates posted 14 shutouts and outscored its opponents, 128-11, during the season.
The Pirates, who were making their first trip to the state tournament in program history, defeated Granville, 3-1, in the state title match behind two goals from Grace Bennett and a tally from Abby Elinsky, who was named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year after scoring 43 goals with 19 assists.