Salpointe senior midfielder Trinity Morales, who helped lead the Lancers to their second consecutive 4A state championship, is the Jet Sports Training Female Athlete of the Month for February.
Morales made one of the penalty kicks in Salpointe’s victory over Notre Dame Prep in the 4A state championship match Feb. 23. The match was tied at 4 through the two overtime periods and two Golden Goal portions before the Lancers won 4-3 in penalty kicks.
Morales was selected by 4A Kino coaches as an all-region first-team selection and she was chosen the region player of the year.
She has experience playing for the FC Tucson women’s team last summer under coach Kelly Pierce, who is also Salpointe’s head coach.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2022: Salpointe basketball player Kylee Callahan
February 2022: Salpointe soccer player Trinity Morales
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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