UNC-Bound Reese King Shines at 20th Girls’ Senior All-America Game

North Carolina-bound midfielder Reese King took home MVP honors Saturday night after leading the North squad to a 15-12 victory in the 20th Girls’ Senior All-America Game.

King said that the big crowd at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md., served as a “good practice round” for her before going into UNC.

“It was crazy; it was kind of hard to get into the rhythm of it, with the big stage and everyone watching,” she said. “But once you get into the rhythm of it, it was easy just to have fun.”

The 5-foot-11, lengthy dodging presence finished with two goals and two assists. She hails from Westhampton Beach (N.Y.) High School and played travel lacrosse with the Long Island Yellow Jackets. 

Her club connection with Alexa Spallina — one of the top recruits in the nation heading to Clemson in the fall — paid off during the game, as the pair connected for two goals.

King scored three of her four points in the first half and opened the scoring in the second half off an assist from Spallina, which increased the North’s lead to 9-6. King said she’ll miss Spallina’s ability to play off her and vice versa, but she is looking forward to creating a healthy rivalry with Spallina at an ACC rival.

“It’s exciting as a parent watching her put so much time into the sport that she loves and to be at this celebration of her high school career, I couldn’t be more proud of her and a lot of her teammates,” Joe Spallina said on the ESPNU broadcast.

King will join the Tar Heels’ loaded offense alongside 2025 Tewaaraton Award winner Chloe Humphrey and a slew of other talented underclassmen. UNC will also bring in a group of top-15 recruits who played Saturday night in Grace Winkler, Sophia Stoltz, Mairyn Dwyer and Emma Connerty.

King said she is looking forward to the challenge of going right into a program fresh off an NCAA championship. The Tar Heels had the most attendees of all schools with six. Clemson and Notre Dame were right behind the Heels with five each.

Mae Flanagan also stood out in the middle of the field for the South and scored two goals. She cut right through the North’s defense with 7:37 left to score the South’s second-to-last goal.

The North’s win was their fifth in the last six games before next year’s talent meets again next July.