Each Friday following the Monday release of an IMG Academy 150 update, we highlight eleven of the regionally ranked players from around the country for that class. All were recommended for their respective regional lists by our network of scouts and coaches.

You can check their rankings as well as all the other regionally ranked players here as we update them throughout the next couple of weeks.

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GK Claudia Dickey, Charlotte SA – Dickey plays up on CSA’s U17 ECNL team and has made a verbal commitment to North Carolina.

GK Nerea Arrazola, Crossfire Premier – The Denver recruit earned a 13-1 record in conference action along with eight shutouts during the ECNL regular season, helping her team to one of the top seeds at ECNL playoffs.

D Kate Collins, West Coast FC – The central defender was named to the Best XI list at the TDS Unsigned Showcase in Los Angeles last December. She helped her WCFC U16 ECNL team to 13 shutouts during the regular season and a spot in the ECNL playoffs.

D Brianna Davis, Real So Cal - The right back was a standout at the 2015 ECNL San Diego event, showing off her strength on the ball and an ability to make things happen on the field. Her defensive efforts during the 2015-16 season helped lead her U16 team to 12 shutouts and a spot in the postseason.

D Madeline Warren, Sereno SC – Warren was named to the TDS Best XI list for her prowess in central defense for Sereno’s U16s at the ECNL San Diego event.

M Morgan Szarka, Colorado Storm – Szarka is a box-to-box midfielder or defensive mid who helped her U16 ECNL team eek its way into the playoffs as the final seed. The Creighton recruit was one of the key players for Colorado 5A 2016 state champion Grandview High School (No. 2 in the SIMA FAB 50 rankings), scoring the game-winner to send her team to the final.

M Taylor Brown, FC Boston Scorpions – Brown was a standout at the New England TDS Unsigned Showcase in August of 2015. She has three goals and two assists as a central midfielder for the Scorpions U16 ECNL team.

M Corinne Badeer, East Meadow SC – The diminutive defensive mid was singled out for her play by TopDrawerSoccer at the ECNL Texas Showcase.

M Gretchen Mills, Indiana Fire Juniors – A four year member of the ECNL, Mills has played for Indiana Fire as well as St. Louis Scott Gallagher. She helped the Fire to an 11-1-3 record in the Ohio Valley Division during the 2015-16 regular season, earning a top seed in the postseason. She is verbally committed to Kentucky.

M/F Tyler Runnels, D’Feeters – The Arkansas verbal racked up five goals and five assists during the ECNL regular season, helping her team to a second place finish in the ECNL Texas Conference and a spot in the postseason. She is a high school standout as well for the ever-powerful Coppell HS, where she earned a spot on the TDS top performers list at the National Elite Prep Showcase.

F Kristin Jones, GSA – Jones, who commutes from Florida to play for GSA’s stacked U15 ECNL team, is a three year member of Florida ODP and was selected to the ODP Region III Thanksgiving Interregional roster in 2015. For GSA, she amassed 10 goals and seven assists during the 2015-16 regular season.

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