Shira Elinav, Israel’s senior women’s soccer forward, announced this week that she will be joining the Jayhawks at Kansas University next year. Elinav, 20, started out at age 12 at on the Athena Junior team and at age 14 joined the Academy of Excellence at the Wingate Institute. She has participated in all of Israel’s teams, including the U17, U19 teams and the senior team.
“The Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports congratulates Shira Elinav, a graduate of the Wingate Academy of Sport Excellence, on joining the Kansas University soccer team, which participates in the most significant tournaments each year,” read a Wingate statement. “We would love to continue to see Shira contribute to the Israeli National Team in the future, alongside her playing at Kansas University, where she can experiment with active play at the highest levels. We hope and believe that this impressive starting point will greatly contribute to advancing her personal career and wish her great success down the road as well.”
Full Story (The Jerusalem Post)
