Colleen Walsh '24 Recruiting Profile

I am a 5’7” center forward from Morris Plains, NJ. I am a starter on the Villa Walsh Academy varsity soccer team and earned First Team, All-Conference, All Academic Team, and Honorable Mention All County this year (my sophomore year). I have played club soccer for the past 8 years, moving from PSC Academy where I played center midfielder to STA. I now play in the NLEDP P.R.O. league at STA, where I start as center forward. My main strengths on the field are my ability to win the ball out of the air, my decision making as well as my vision of the field, and my physicality. 

I have a 4.36 GPA and am an all-honors student. I have found that in any subject I put my mind to, I can become dominate in, but I have always taken a certain liking to science. If I could, I would love to major in something having to do with Biology, whether it be Biochemistry or just regular Biology. Outside of soccer though, I find myself putting a lot of my time into the needs of others. At my school, I started my own fundraiser/campaign to support Juvenile Diabetes, and am an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As well as that, I am a team member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's "Student of the Year Program", where students have the chance to fundraise throughout the year to improve the lives of those living with cancer. From those two things, I have learned so much about what it means to be a leader, as well as learning how to manage my time and get the job done.  And so, I am able to mirror those skills I have learned into my play, overall making me a trustworthy and hard-working player.