Hannah Dickinson, Lakeside of Seattle multi-sport star, is SBLive's Class 3A Senior Athlete of the Year

Welcome to a continuing tradition at SBLive Washington – honoring the WaFd Bank 2021-22 senior male and female athletes of the year for each classification.

Because the SBLive crew gets so immersed in specific sports seasons, it is nice to take a step back to pick a statewide honor from a broader perspective.

The criteria isn’t too expansive: The starting point is finding seniors who are all-league/all-state performers in two or more sports. Totality of career is also a factor. So is administrator/coach/fan recommendation.

Enjoy as we honor some of Washington’s top multi-sport senior athletes!

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It's not all that often a hanging house garment provides long-running inspiration.

At every stop in youth soccer, Hannah Dickinson was proving to be an unstoppable force at goalkeeper. She even earned a spot with the OL Reign Academy, working directly with former MLS goalkeeper Doug Herrick.

She easily could have drowned out the pull of high school athletics enrolling at Lakeside of Seattle and stuck to club soccer full time.

But that garment ...

Her father's letterman jacket.

"It is stacked with awards," said Dickinson, a third-generation student-athlete at Lakeside. "I wanted to be the person to get 12 varsity letters. I wanted to be part of the cliche sports tradition ... because high school sports, it is a different kind of bond."

And Dickinson, a USC soccer signee, did just that by earning 12 varsity letters in soccer, basketball and lacrosse.

And yet, even with all the pre-high school soccer accolades, Dickinson had to wait her turn as a ninth grader, starting as the backup to sophomore Ashlyn Ryan.

"She did not like it, and was noisy about it," said Lakeside girls soccer coach Derrek Falor, a former longtime college coach at WWU and Cleveland State. "She had to earn it."

Later in the 2018 season, after Ryan was injured, Dickinson was thrust into the lead role - and never relinquished it the rest of her career.

A two-time Metro League player of the year, Dickinson was the key force behind the Lions' run to a Class 3A championship last fall. She was also selected as the classification's state MVP.

Falor praised Dickinson's physical and ball-distribution skills, but said as a senior, her "leadership and organization of the defense came at a really high level."

"She has such an amazing athletic brain," Falor said.

She's also very in tune to her family tradition at Lakeside. Her father, Chris, was a standout basketball and football player into the early 1990s before going on to play at Princeton. And brother, Jack, also played football for the Lions, and is now at Williams College (mom, Ashleigh Robertson was also a standout volleyball player at the University of Washington).

"I watched my brother play a lot," Dickinson said. "And he has a letterman jacket, too.

"I want one, and that was my goal as a freshman. I just haven't ordered it yet. But I am going to get one so I can keep it around for my kids to see."

HANNAH DICKINSON BIO

School: Lakeside of Seattle.

Sports: Soccer, basketball, lacrosse.

Next step: Signed to play soccer at USC (D1) where she will also study business.

Senior-year highlights: Named 3A state player of the year in soccer as goalkeeper of WIAA championship-winning Lions' team, which defeated Seattle Prep in the title game. Registered 63 saves in 22 matches, giving up just 10 goals (0.47 GAA). Was voted the Metro League MVP as Lions went 19-1-2. ... Was team's top frontcourt player in basketball as Lakeside advanced to Metro League and Sea-King District title games, losing to No. 1 Garfield. Program advanced to the state tournament for first time since 2012, defeating Lincoln of Tacoma in its opener (16 points, seven rebounds) ... Scored 28 goals and had a team-high 14 assists in earning all-conference first-team honors in lacrosse as an attacker. ... Voted team captain in all three sports.

Career accomplishments: For Lakeside's soccer team, she was named to the all-state team twice (2019, 2021) and was voted two-time Metro League player of the year (2019, 2021). School's all-time saves leader (181) also registered 34 shutouts. Set program's single-game saves record, too (10). ... Four-year varsity member in basketball. ... Earned 12 letters in the three sports.

School/community achievements: 3.70 GPA in honors courses; one of six Lakeside scholar-athlete award winners (three girls, three boys) for outstanding athletes, leaders and community members; Metro League scholar-athlete award winner; volunteer with National Charity League/Lake Washington chapter delivering Pike Place Market farmers' flowers during pandemic shutdown, as well as with Angeline’s Center/YMCA of Seattle, Food Lifeline, Mary’s Place and USO.