2022-23 Class 3A Girls Soccer State Finals Recap
Oct. 29, 2022
Noblesville Girls State Champions Once Again
Noblesville returned to the top of the Class 3A Girls Soccer heap with a 1-0 victory over perennial-power Carmel.
Ava Bramblett, an Ohio State recruit, scored the game’s only goal with just over three minutes left in the first half and the Millers’ defense and goalkeeper Bella Wyatt made it stand up.
The win also came just a couple hours after the Noblesville Boys captured the 3A title making Noblesville only the second school ever to win both the boys soccer and girls soccer state titles in the same season. Evansville Memorial accomplished the feat in 2008 and 2017.
Bramblett’s goal was unassisted. The Millers had plenty of other chances as they outshot Carmel, 25-6 and had an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal. Wyatt made three saves, including a key stop on a Carmel breakaway in the 51st minute.
The loss denied Carmel (18-3-2) and long-time coach Frank Dixon an 11th state title. The Greyhounds lost in last year’s state title match, as well as 2019, and haven’t claimed the trophy since 2018.
Carmel's Aubree Empie receives Wynns Mental Attitude Award
Following the match, Aubree Empie of Carmel High School was named the recipient of the Theresia Wynns Mental Attitude Award.
Aubree is a three-year varsity letterman in Soccer and is currently Co-Captain of her team. She was an honorable mention for the All-USA Super Team in 2021 and awarded Academic All-State in 2021 and 2022. She is a four-time Carmel Scholar Athlete and was a member of the 2021 All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference team. Aubree was also a member of the 2019 and 2021 Class 3A State Runner-up teams at Carmel. She ranked First in Goals Against Average in the 3A Class coming in to the State Championship.
She spends time volunteering at Riley Hospital, IU Health, and with her church. She also spends the summers volunteering at soccer camps in Carmel. In the classroom, Aubree has earned a 4.16 GPA in her time as a Greyhound.
The daughter of Derek and Amber Empie of Carmel, Indiana, Aubree plans to study Chemistry or Pre-Med but is currently undecided on where she will attend.
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 Carmel High School in the name of Aubree Empie.