Mckenna Danahy '25 Recruiting Profile

Let me start by saying I want to work to improve every day, not only athletically but academically as well; I'll bring that mindset with me no matter where I may end up in the future.

 
I started my soccer journey at a young age, I played recreational until I moved to travel soccer at age 10. I started to find my love and develop my understanding of the game during this period in my life. I am now a starting defensive back for the current #1 DII team in Delaware. I was also a golf state champion my freshman year of high school, as well as a junior club champion at my local country club. I am a person who puts the needs and wants of others before my own, and I strive to be better than everyone else on the field, no matter what we are doing. These traits make me a very coachable and hard-working player who is able to push others. I am looking in my college career to win, and find a plethora of success in doing so, but my other driving force is to be able to meet new people, experience things I have only ever heard of, and to play the best soccer I can.

My final goal for college soccer is to use it for a steppingstone to go on and play professionally. Although that is my lifelong dream, I have a passion for psychology that I would like to indulge in when my journey as a soccer player comes to an end. When I get to college, I want to obtain a degree in psychology, with a heavy emphasis on counseling those who may be mentally ill or who have gone through a traumatic event in their lives. After I move on from my soccer career, whenever that may be, I will open my own clinic. Beyond using my knowledge of psychology in the real world, I can use it on the pitch to get in the heads of the opponent, which could lead to an advantageous situation. However successful I am in soccer or psychology; I will never forget where I came from. My father was a D1 track athlete, as well as an entrepreneur and the hardest worker I know. My mother is empathetic and extremely organized, and my sister is an athlete, so I grew up in a very competitive household. I stick by the fact that family is everything, and nothing will change that.