ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS OUTSTANDING COMPETITOR 2023-24

This award recognizes an Orange County athlete who was a standout in multiple sports, a team leader and someone who also excelled in areas outside of sports.

Orange County girls Competitor of the Year Isis Salazar of Ocean View in Huntington Beach on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Salazar, a five-sport athlete who competed in flag football, tackle football, soccer, softball and track and field. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Name: Isis Salazar

School: Ocean View

Year: Senior

Sports: Football, flag football, soccer, softball, track and field

Notable highlights: Isis Salazar considers herself open minded when it comes to trying new sports. But what happens when she lets that curiosity run free?

The senior answered that question by becoming one of the most accomplished athletes in Ocean View history.

Salazar played a mind-boggling five sports this school year and earned Orange County female athlete of the year from county athletic directors.

“I can’t recall having a five-sporter,” Ocean View athletic director Tim Walsh said of Salazar, who also maintained a 3.5 grade-pointer average. “But as far as the impact she’s made in so many of them, it’s unbelievable.”

Salazar said she was introduced to different sports as a freshman at Ocean View. Her curiosity and athleticism guided her from there.

Inspired by a desire to have no regrets about her pursuits, Salazar competed in football, flag football, soccer, track and field and softball in 2023-24.

“I have an open mind,” she said of playing multiple sports. “I had so much fun. The girls made it fun. I loved all my coaches I had.”

Salazar’s best sport is soccer. The Cal State Bakersfield-bound forward scored 31 goals in the winter to lead the Seahawks to the Golden West League title. She was selected first-team All-County, Golden West League MVP and finished with a school-record 129 career goals.

In the fall, Salazar played football for the third consecutive year and joined flag football for its inaugural season in the Southern Section. She was a kicker in football and a two-way standout in flag football before an injury cut her season short.

As a sophomore in 2021, Salazar became the second Orange County girl to score a touchdown in a varsity game.

This spring, she participated in track and field for the fourth year. In the high jump, she won the Golden West League title, placed second at CIF-SS Masters with a clearance of 5 feet, 6 inches and qualified for the CIF State championships. She was chosen second-team All-County.

Salazar had never played softball before but joined the Seahawks as a pinch runner.

“She’s fearless,” her mother Norma said. “That’s who she is.”

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