North Scott’s Nora Barnett wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - North Scott soccer player Nora Barnett was voted Spotlight Athlete of the week. The junior goalie is North Scott’s all-time leader in career saves.

“During gameday she is honed in, focused, driven, she is extremely driven” said head coach Dion Ayers.

“Off the field she’s like the mother hen to some of these girls as well some of the younger ones. She loves to laugh, she’s one of our louder ones which is great but she brings a joy to the program and you know what it can’t always be about business you also got to enjoy the things you do and that’s one thing she does is brings a smile to a lot of these girls’ faces. Cheering. She is fearless. She will take chances on the field and I think she knows that her three defenders in front of her do an outstanding job to help protect her as well” he said.

“I think especially for my position having the support means the world especially because I need my team to be able to rely on me to be able to play the best I can” said Barnett.

“If I’m not confident in my own team then they can’t be confident in me. I’m so happy to play with the team that I play for” she said.