Local Bank to be Olympia USL Keeper Jersey Partner Featuring Local Athletes

OLYMPIA, WA – The Artesians and Olympia Federal Savings announced Monday a newly minted partnership that features “OlyFed” on all goalkeeper jerseys in both USL men’s and women’s franchises. All goalkeeper highlight reels and saves will feature OlyFed monikers and logo’s as revealed on Instagram and Facebook posts Monday.

“We appreciate all that FC Olympia does for our community” said OlyFed’s Marketing Officer Ryan Betz. “We’re grateful for the Artesians trust in OlyFed as their official financial institution partner and we can’t wait for the upcoming USL season!”

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Two Olympia-based goalkeepers with unique playing backgrounds were featured in the exclusive goalkeeper jersey release. Blayke Warner, an Olympia High School student-athlete that has her sights on attending the University of Portland. The second being Connor Leistiko who attends Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, WA.

Read their short biographies below this gallery and prepare to watch them over the years in the new Olympia Federal Savings goalkeeper jerseys.

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Photos below were taken at the Olympia Federal Savings downtown bank branch which was originally built in 1967 and entryways depicted in the photographs were taken inside the banks vault entry and near beautiful window woodworking frames all featured on the second floor. OlyFed has been in the community since 1907 but has grown to multiple branches around Thurston County and provides personal and business banking, loans, credit and other general banking needs. The longtime banking institution has been a partner of the Oly Soccer Foundation since 2023.

A fun surprise for the general public and FC Olympia supporters is that for the first time in Artesian history these goalkeeper jerseys will be available to buy as replicas this season. Pre-orders for the season are available now click here.

Blayke Warner – Goalkeeper

Born and raised in Olympia, Washington Blayke started her soccer journey locally at the age of 10 with Blackhills FC where she displayed a passion and talent for the goalkeeper position. Warners development led her to the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) where she has played for PACNW Soccer Club for the past five years. ECNL has given her many amazing opportunities including showcases all over the country, lots of recruiting exposure to Division I programs and getting to play in the 2023 ECNL Phoenix National Selection Game.

In 2023 after being scouted by US Soccer she attended a Youth National Team training camp in West Palm Beach, Florida. “The experience was such an honor” said Warner. “It was incredible to be trained by and get to play with the best of the best.”

In her freshman and sophomore years Blayke was the starting goalkeeper for Olympia High School’s Varsity girls soccer team and received SPSL awards both years. During that same time, she worked as a goalkeeper coach for TC United. At the beginning of her junior year, she went through an exciting recruiting process, where she was so grateful to get offers from multiple top Division I programs throughout the country.

In the end Blayke stayed true to her pacific northwest roots and proudly announced her verbal commitment to University of Portland last October. Warner is excited to get to be a part of such a storied soccer program and follow in the footsteps of its legends like Megan Rapinoe, Christine Sinclair and local soccer legendary goalkeeper, Kasey Keller.

For the past two years Blayke has been a part of the FC Olympia family, continuing to build on her experience while also getting to represent her hometown.

Connor Leistiko – Goalkeeper

Leistiko is a student athlete on the men’s soccer team at Saint Martin’s University (SMU) with a major in business administration. At SMU he excels on the field as the starting goalkeeper leading the GNAC conference in saves for his sophomore season with being this most recent season in fall of 2024.

Prior to that Connor played for PacNW Soccer Club in the ECNL for three years and prior to that was in the Seattle Sounders Academy for three years. Leistiko is originally from Kent, WA where he attended Kentwood High School and captained the high school team his senior year.

Connor was also recently brought onboard the “Summer Internship Program” at the Oly Soccer Foundation to work on business management, marketing and community partnerships. The program is not only something the Artesian community will benefit from but also helping Connor learn how a USL soccer franchise operates.

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