Hamilton Southeastern’s Blair Satterfield won the Mental Attitude Award for girls soccer. (Richard Torres)
By RICHARD TORRES
For The Reporter
INDIANAPOLIS – The Hamilton Southeastern Royals completed the sweep during the Class 3A IHSAA girls soccer state finals at Michael A. Carroll Stadium on Saturday night.
After the top-ranked Royals won their first-ever state title, senior Blair Satterfield was named the Theresia Wynns Mental Attitude Award recipient.
The honor is reserved for an outstanding senior student-athlete based on excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in soccer. Satterfield was nominated by her principal and coach for the distinction.
An Indiana University commit, Satterfield is ranked 126th in her class of 825 students and is an HSE Blue Crew Leader, in addition to serving as a member of HSE’s student government, student athletic council and Project Lead the Way.
A team captain and an academic all-state honoree, Blair is the daughter of Brian and Deb Satterfield. She intends to study nursing at Indiana University in Bloomington.
“I’ve had so many people pour into me over these past four years,” Satterfield said. “I could never do that on my own. It’s all the people around me that have allowed me to get this moment.”
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance presented a $1,000 scholarship to the general scholarship fund at Hamilton Southeastern High School in the name of Blair Satterfield.
Greyhounds make no excuses
One goal, one second-half mistake is the only thing that stood between the third-ranked 3A Carmel Greyhounds and an 11th girls soccer state title in program history.
With a state-leading 10 titles to their credit, the Greyhounds were halted in their pursuit by a misplayed ball near their own penalty area during the 75th minute, which resulted in HSE’s 1-0 victory.
The shutout loss was Carmel’s first of the year, and unfortunately its fourth straight state finals defeat in 17 state finals appearances since 1994.
In six classification state finals, the Greyhounds are 2-4 with one-goal margins deciding the outcome in each.
Carmel defeated HSE, 1-0, in 2011 to win their first 2A title. The Greyhounds beat Homestead, 2-1, in overtime, to claim the 3A title in 2018.
In 2014, Fishers defeated Carmel, 1-0, for the 3A championship, and 3A Noblesville bested Carmel, 1-0, twice in the 2019 and 2022 state finals. Homestead won the 2021 state title with a 2-1 win over Carmel.
“We talked about it this morning. This is our 118th day. That’s one-third of the year of 2025 that we’ve been together and trained. They’re family,” Carmel coach John Simmonds said. “It meant a lot to the kids to get to the state championship. We got here, but it’s not what we wanted, second place. But we’ll take it and accept it, be proud, learn from it, and we’ll be back next year.”
Self, Baker recognized as Champions of Education
During the 32nd annual IHSAA boys and girls soccer state finals, Hamilton Southeastern High School athletic director Jim Self and Carmel High School instructional assistant Carla Baker were both presented with the IHSAA Champion of Education Award.
The recognition, sponsored by Ivy Tech Community College, is awarded to teachers and faculty who go above and beyond to challenge students to reach their full potential, according to the IHSAA.
Baker also serves as an assistant girls soccer and lacrosse coach at Carmel.
Each honoree received a $250 donation to their respective classrooms.
