Elena Hinkson

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
M
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
High School:
Mechanicsburg Area

2022: Did not appear in a game.

2021: Appeared in two games … totaled 30 minutes played.

High School: Named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-American Watch List in 2020 … was a four-year varsity starter and two-year captain ... selected to the Mid Penn Girls All-Star First Team as a junior and sophomore and the second team as a freshman … picked to the All-Sentinel First Team in 2019 … helped Mechanicsburg win the PIAA AAA District 3 Championship her senior year and the Keystone Division twice, including an undefeated regular season record of 18-0 in 2018 to reach the PIAA AAA Semifinals in as well as the District 3 Finals in '19 … recorded 50 goals and 44 assists as a center midfielder and forward .... played for Keystone FC Premier in club ball seven years … participated in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2014-19 … invited to the US Club Soccer ID2 in 2017 … selected to the USYS ODP East Region in 2019 … captained her club teams ... helped them reach the state finals three times with a pair of state and regional championships each ... reached the national championships twice and made the Best 11 at 2017 national championships … team also won the USYS East Regional Champions for ODP (2018 and '19) and Eastern Regional EDP Conference Cup Championship … earned first honors every marking period in high school … member of National Honor Society every year and Spanish National Honor Society her first three years.

Personal: Born on August 16, 2003 … daughter of Patti and Tom Hinkson … has an older sister, Hannah … father played football at Susquehanna University … plans to major in Accounting.