Blackhills FC

Congratulations to our  Blackhills FC players who have received recognition for their athletic achievements this year! Here are some recent honors given to our high school players.

Sara Tallman, GU19, was named the Athlete of the Year Award at River Ridge High School.

Erin Stehr, GU19, has been awarded the Washington State Youth Soccer Scholarship for District 7. 

Austin Kelley, BU19, was named  Athlete of the Year for Boys Soccer by The Olympian.

The following Blackhills FC players were chosen for The Olympian's All Area Boys Soccer Team:

Austin Case, Trenton Fluetsch, Akel Hashim, Evan Hindman,  Keean Joling,  Austin Kelley and Jeffrey Tran.

If you, or a Blackhills FC player you know has received an award for high school soccer or athletics, let us know and we will post it .

Congratulations to Nathaniel Gunderson for being selected to the Boys 95' Olympic Development Program player pool, 35 players from Washington State were selected for this group.

Honor paid to 23 champions of youths

By Diane Huber

They are coaches, teachers, parents and volunteers who work tirelessly to provide programs and opportunities for the community's young people.

Read more in The Olympian

Congratulations to District 7 Coaches of the Year Matt Jones and Randy Sanford! Coach Jones received the Boys Coach of the Year and Coach Sanford the Girls Coach of the Year.

Matt works with the Boys U19 team, helps with Club training and was a former player.

Randy works with the Blackhills FC Girls U16 and U18 teams. He is also on the Black Hills High School Girls Coaching Staff. Randy coaches in the Tumwater Soccer Club and helps with the Tumwater Kick in the Grass Tournament.