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

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC) - North Scott soccer standout Reese Barnett was voted Spotlight Athlete of the Week after leading the Lady Lancers to a runner-up finish at State.

“She’s such a hard working young lady and she means everything to this program you know on the field and off the field” said North Scott head coach Dion Ayers.

“It’s very exciting to see her win something like this. She wants nothing but to win you know and then she wants to get her teammates involved as well yeah she’s all about competing and lifting others around her. Off the field she is our biggest cheerleader, she’s one of our team captains, she gets everybody involved and it’s exciting to see how much she cares for her teammates” he said.

Barnett led the Lady Lancers in goals and assists this season. Her 22 assists led all of class 2A and her 31 goals were 2nd in the class.

“The support system I have around me just shows like that system is amazing to have all of my family and friends on the soccer team everyone is just kind of rooting for me through this and the whole season” said Barnett.

“It was just amazing to see everybody come together and getting recognized as a captain as a sophomore was kind of surprising at first but it took just a little bit of time to kind of fit into that role of being a leader, especially for our incoming freshman this year it’s gonna be even more important to continue to be that leader and it helps so much having a team who likes to be led which is been the best part is having a really adaptable team and I give all my credit to them” she said.