KERNERSVILLE — Kienle Valentine, a 2016 Bishop McGuinness High School graduate, has been selected to receive the 2015-’16 NSCAA Girls High School Scholar All-South Region Award. Valentine was one of only 29 players selected from 12 states and one of only five North Carolina players selected for the award.
She graduated with a 4.71 grade-point average and is the second member of the Bishop McGuinness girls soccer program to earn the National Soccer Coaches Association of America award in consecutive years. (Kally Saffar was selected NSCAA All-South Scholar for the 2014-’15 academic year.)
Valentine was selected to the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association 1A All-State Team as a senior. She was named all-conference and all-region Player of the Year as a junior and senior, and she finished her senior season with 16 goals and nine assists for 41 points. Four of her goals were game-winners.
She was a team captain as a senior, leading the Villians to a 17-5-2 record and fifth in the final North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association final Class 1A state ranking.
Valentine is attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
— Kimberly Knox