‘This is what I do’

Upper Arlington goalie Abby Reisz is Ohio’s top player

No player in the history of Ohio girls soccer has earned allstate honors both as a field player and as a goalkeeper. h Abby Reisz intends to be the first. h The Upper Arlington

senior was second-team All-ohio in 2018 as a freshman forward, and this fall she’ll play goalkeeper, her preferred position, for the first time at the high school level. h She’s been in goal on her club team since she was 10, and it’s where she’ll play at Tennessee

next year. But her freshman and sophomore years for the Golden

Bears, Reisz was used up front because the team already had a starting goalkeeper, and she was more valuable at forward than on the bench as the backup goalie. h When Andrew Kessinger took over as coach before the 2020 season, he spoke to 11 of his fellow coaches

BARBARA J. PERENIC/COLUMBUS DISPATCH Abby Reisz, a senior goalie at Upper Arlington, was voted the No. 1 player in the state. Reisz is committed to Tennessee and was named to the player pool for the U18 national team in May.