Kaitlyn Keller '21 Recruiting Profile

When I was six years old, I first asked my parents to join the local soccer rec team. They signed me up and I immediately fell in love with soccer. At our first game I didn't start but when the goalie got hurt I was thrown in the goal because I was "the only one that wouldn't cry". To this day I have known that the goal is the position for me.

I joined a local travel soccer club at the age of ten.  After five years of being with that club I felt it was time for a new challenge. In the summer before my sophomore year of high school I tried out for and was offered a roster spot with Back Mountain Fury to begin playing for them in the fall of 2018. While my first club was a great team to be a part of and I appreciate all that I learned there, I thought it was time to push myself harder and join a much more competitive travel team. Back Mountain Fury is much more competitive and pushes me and makes me work harder in order to make me more prepared for college level soccer.

Along with soccer, my academics are also very important to me. I strive for the best grades I can with every class I take. I choose my classes very carefully in order to get everything I can out of my high school years. I consistently challenge myself with my classes just like I do with everything else in life. I am always willing to push myself very hard for something that I want and to make myself better.

I love being involved in my community, and I volunteer for everything I can. For my school I am involved in Student Council, Children Helping Other People Succeed (CHOPS), and am a co-editor of the student newspaper. I also volunteer for the Steamtown Marathon every year and the United Way.  I love being involved with everything I can because I love to make a difference in my community.

I was raised understanding the balance of academics and work with sports. It has taken a lot of hard work to be the athlete I am today but I am willing to put in more work to push myself to the next level. I have a great work ethic and am very hard working. Every athlete says that they are very hardworking but not many have the mental part of the game down. Not many athletes can look at a field and say where each player should be. As a goalkeeper, that is a very important skill that I possess. I believe that I can make not only myself better but also those around me.