Hilary Poling '26 Recruiting Profile

Soccer has been my passion since I was six years old. I played for my first team, The Fireflies, as an attacker. Throughout the years, I have moved my way to playing defense as an outside back and occasionally defensive midfield or center back. I have been playing for Pipeline ECNL-R for the past 4 years as a starter and captain. I also made my High School varsity soccer team as a starting outside defender as a Freshman, Sophomore, and continuing as a Junior this year.

High school soccer has taught me new ways to look at the game and I have adapted to playing with different people and in different soccer positions and learning valuable leadership skills needed during a match. No different than Club soccer, I have learned that making mistakes is part of the game and can only make you stronger if you react to challenges in a positive way. It has also allowed me to branch out and develop new skills in different positions and in different sports. I became a multi-sport athlete last year playing lacrosse for varsity on my high school team. It was certainly a new sport to get used to, but life can never be carried out and truly lived to its fullest until you have faced challenging adventures. Throughout my life I’ve realized sports is such a tremendous part of my life. Never less, I want to be able to study it and pursue it as a major in Kinesiology.