Four soccer standouts sign to play at BYU

Lizzy Braby earned two First-Team All-State honors this season after starting all four years at Murray High School and being a captain for the past two seasons. She was a Utah State Cup champion and a regional finalist in her club soccer. Braby has been an honor roll student each of the past four years.

Elise Flake is a three-time Utah State Cup champion, a four-time ODP selection and a regional finalist in 2015. She was a five-time captain of her club team and was her high school team captain.

Brynlee Welch is a two-time Wendy’s High School All-Star and four-year letter winner at Mountain Crest High School. With her club she was a regional finalist twice and was a national semifinalist. She also earned sixth and seventh place finishes in the state 4x100 relay and was the track team captain.

Watch BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood talk about the signees in the video below and check out individual bios.

VIDEO: Rockwood talks about Signing Day

Danika Bowman
Defender/Midfielder
Redlands East Valley High School (Erin Glaser)
Albion SC USA (Noah Kooiman, Toni Scheri)

Three-time Cal South National Cup Champion (2010, 2011, 2013)…Two-time Far West Regional Champion (2010 & 2011)…Three-time Surf Cup Champion (2011, 2012 & 2015)…2011 US Soccer Training Center…2012 U.S. National Team Camp…2012 id2 Training Camp invitation…2012 ECNL National Champion…Cal South ODP 2010-2015…Invited to be on ODP Regional Team 2011, 2012 & 2014…Three-time ODP Regional Champion (2013, 2014, 2015)…2015 ODP Regional All-Star Team…Three-time ODP National Champion (2013, 2014, 2015)…Three-time ODP Cal South Captain (2013, 2014, 2015)…Participated in 2013 Puma Elite Women's Showcase…High school First-Team All-League (2013-2015)…2014 high school MVP…2015 high school Defensive MVP…High school captain junior and senior years…Four-time Scholar Athlete (2013-2016)…Four-time California Scholarship Federation (2013-2016)…Four-time Faculty Honor Roll (2013-2016).

Lizzy Braby
Midfielder
Murray High School (Brady Smith)
Utah Celtic FC (Robyn Bretzing)

2015 Deseret News 4A First Team All-State...2015 Salt Lake Tribune 4A Coaches First Team All-State…Two-time Deseret News 4A All-State Honorable Mention (2013 & 2014)…Four-year high school varsity starter (2012-2015)…Four-time academic high school honor roll (2012-2015)…2015 Utah State Cup Champions…2015 Regional Finalists...High school team captain as a junior and senior.

Elise Flake
Forward
Maple Mountain High School (Jeff Lake)
Utah Celtic FC (Robyn Bretzing)

Three-time Utah State Cup champion…Five-time club team captain…High school team captain…2014 Deseret News Second Team All-State…Four-time Utah ODP team selection (2011-2014)…2015 Surf Cup Champion…2015 Far West Regional Finalist…Honor roll student … injured her senior year.

Brynlee Welch
Defender
Mountain Crest High School (Dennis Giles)
La Roca (Felipe Diaz)

2015 Academic All-State…2014-15 National Honor Society…Four-time high school honor roll…Two-time Wendy’s High School All-Star (2014 &2015)…2015 Cache Valley Utility Player of the Year…2015 Standard Examiner 5A All-Area First Team…2015 Deseret News 5A All-State First Team…2014 Herald Journal All-Valley Player of the Year…2013 Herald Journal First Team…Four-year letter winner…High school captain…2015 National Semifinalist…Three-time Utah State Cup champion (2013-2015)…2015 Region IV Champion…2013 Region IV Finalist…Club captain…2014-15 4A State 6th place in 100-meters…2013 4A State 6th place anchor of 4x100 relay…2015 4A State 7th place anchor of 4x100 relay…2014-15 MVP Sprinter…2015 Davis Invitational Champion 4x100 meter relay…Holds record as fastest female freshman at Mountain Crest…Track team captain.