2022-23 Class 1A Girls Soccer State Finals Recap
Oct. 29, 2022
Park Tudor Rides Big Second Half to Title
Park Tudor’s girls made it a sweep for the school by winning the Class 1A state championship with a 3-0 triumph over Fort Wayne Canterbury.
The Panther girls matched their boys counterparts, who claimed their 1A title with a 9-0 win over Greenwood Christian Academy on Friday. Park Tudor joined Noblesville, whose boys and girls teams also captured state titles on Saturday. Evansville Memorial, in 2008 and 2017, is the only other school in IHSAA history to pull off the boys and girls double.
Coach John Simmonds’s club slogged through a scoreless first half, then dented the scoreboard in the 55th minute on a goal by senior Katie Hur. She picked up a pass from Dejanae Butler and booted it in from 20 yards out. The Panthers (who came in top-ranked and finished at 21-1-1) picked up an insurance goal from freshman LIzzie Miller in the 71st minute as she also tallied on a shot from long range. Senior Gretchen Farley added the final goal in the 76th minute on an assist from Neela Gussick. Goalkeeper Lucy Furqueron recorded the shutout, her 18th of the season.
The win returns Park Tudor to the top of the heap in Class 1-A after Simmonds led the squad to a title in 2019. The Panthers were also runner-up in 2020.
Canterbury, led by first-year coach Chelsea Dourson, finished 12-9-2.
Park Tudor's Katherine Hur receives Wynns Mental Attitude Award
Following the match, Katherine Hur of Park Tudor School was named the recipient of the Theresia Wynns Mental Attitude Award.
Katherine Hur is a four-year varsity soccer athlete and has been a team captain the past two seasons. Hur was selected to the Pioneer Academic Athletic All-Conference First Team this season, as well as being honored as Pioneer Academic Athletic Player of the Year. She was also named Academic All-State this season. Hur was a member of Park Tudor's State Runner-up team as a Sophomore and State Championship team as a Freshman.
Katherine has earned Park Tudor Academic Distinction in each of her years as a Panther. She earned AP Scholar Distinction as a Junior and was also named to the Rising Stars of Indiana Class of 2023. Katherine independently designed and launched a student-run online newspaper, the Park Tudor Tribune, and serves as its Editor-in-Chief. She has also served as editor for the Park Tudor Yearbook for the past three years. Hur is a member of Park Tudor's Student Council, Women's Equality Advancement Club, Student Ambassadors, Model United Nations, and the Bring Change to Mind Club.
The daughter of John and Jennifer Hur of Carmel, Indiana, Katherine is undecided on her college plans.
The award is annually presented to a senior, who is nominated by her principal and coach, and has demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability during her four years of high school. The award is named in honor of Theresia Wynns, who served as an IHSAA assistant commissioner from 1997- 2012 and administered the sports of girls and boys soccer as well as the licensing of over 8,000 officials in the state of Indiana.
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, a proud corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship to the general scholarship fund at Park Tudor School in the name of Katherine Hur.