

Ousseni Bouda
Introduction
Ousseni Bouda (born 2000) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays college soccer for Stanford University. Bouda previously played for Black Rock FC in USL League Two.
Bouda was the 2018 recipient of Gatorade Player of the Year award for boys' soccer. The award is a nationally recognized honor given to the best high school athlete in the United States.
Career
Born in Burkina Faso, Ousseni Bouda moved to the Millbrook School in New York After having spent 4 years at the Right To Dream Academy in Ghana. Bouda would help the Millbrook Mustangs win three straight New York Class C State championships. He was honored with the Gatorade National Soccer Player of the Year, a national award given to the best boy's high school soccer player. Bouda finished his high school career making 82 appearances for the Mustangs, scoring 156 goals.
Listed as five-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer, Bouda is committed to playing college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal men's soccer program beginning in the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. He is the first Stanford soccer player to win the Gatorade High School Player of the Year Award.
On August 30, 2019, Bouda made his collegiate debut for Stanford, in a 5–0 win against Penn State. In the same match, Bouda made his first college start and scored his first college goal. On October 15, 2019 Bouda earned the Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week, being the first freshman of the season to earn the honor.
On November 20, 2019, concluding the 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season, Bouda was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
Honors
Individual
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year: 2019
- Gatorade High School Player of the Year: 2018