NAME: Presley Pennekamp
SCHOOL: Oak Hills High School
SPORT(S): Soccer
GRADUATING YEAR: 2025
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: Helping team win the GMC title twice in a row
BIRTHDATE: 7/19/2007
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5'4"-120 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Delhi Township
PARENT: Eric & Leslie
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: “My aunt and grandma.”
FUTURE GOAL: Become a police officer
Oak Hills High School's Presley Pennekamp in a record-holding All-American soccer forward who enters her senior season after crushing last year's junior campaign by scoring a school-record 46 goals with 10 assists for a school-record 102 points in leading the Highlanders to a 15-2-4 overall record and a second straight GMC championship. She led the GMC in goals (46) and points (102) while she was tied for second in assists (10). One of the top players in Ohio, she is Oak Hills' first-ever girls' soccer All-American.
For her excellent play on the pitch last season, Presley earned numerous honors, including being named GMC Player of the Year, Cincinnati Player of the Year (Enquirer), SWO District Player of the Year, first-team all-state and USCA all-Great Lakes Region. She was named Cincinnati Co-Player of the Year by the Enquirer's High School All-Star Sports Awards. She was first-team all-Ohio as a sophomore. This year, she was named Preseason all-Ohio by the USA Today Network and has lived up to the billing -- after the first nine games, she is second in the GMC in goals, and is first in the conference in assists and points.
Presley holds numerous school records, including single-season points scored, single-season goals, single-season assists, career goals and career points. Active in community service, Presley also plays soccer for the Ohio Elite Soccer Academy. She has committed to play soccer at Xavier University. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and watching football games with them, and plans to become a police officer in the future.
Her favorite athlete is Alex Morgan, favorite entertainers are Noah Kahan & Zach Bryan, favorite book is The Outsiders, favorite movie is 10 Things I Hate About You and most-like-to-meet is Joe Burrow.
COACH'S QUOTE
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“Presley is a special talent. Not only has she broken every school record and earned every award there is, she always puts the team first. She is an incredible leader and makes players around her that much better.”
—Kevin Spraul, Varsity Soccer Coach
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