Lexi Terpstra, who played soccer and ran track for Pella Christian High School, has announced her intention to attend Dordt University and compete in both sports.
TERPSTRA NOTES:
- School: Pella Christian High School
- Hometown: Pella, Iowa
- Parents: Joel and Laurie Terpstra
- Intended Field of Study: Marketing
- Position: Forward
- Events in Track: 100m, 200m
- Honors / Highlights:
- Soccer
- accounted for 120 points (53 goals, 14 assists) in 53 career matches
- 4-year starter for a program that won 37 matches
- earned all-state (Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association) as a senior
- named all-conference three years
- nominated for the Iowa Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- Track and Field
- won six state titles the last two years in the short-distance relays
- captured back-to-back state titles in the 4x100, 4x200 and sprint medley (2025, 2026)
- state record holder in the 4x100, 4x200 and sprint medley
- finished seventh in the 100m at the state meet in both 2025 and 2026
- earned all-state and all-conference honors
- won the Drake Relays title in the Sprint Medley
Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. The Defender athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA).
U.S. News & World Report, Money Magazine, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,500 students.
