With the eighth overall pick in the 2018 NWSL draft, the Portland Thorns selected Gabby Seiler ( McIntosh High School, University of Florida). Gabby is a product of McIntosh High school in Peachtree City and is the second player from the area to play in the NWSL( Kelly O’Hara, Starrs Mill High School).
Seiler originally started her collegiate career at the University of Georgia. As a freshman, she started every game and was named the team’s Rookie of the Year. In 2014, as a member of the Bulldogs, she was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region second team member , All-Southeastern Conference first team as well as being nominated for the MAC Hermann Trophy (given to the best men’s/women’s collegiate soccer player).