Personal Statement
My name is Shelby Watts and I am a Senior at Waterford Kettering HS. I have played soccer for fifteen years and have played at a competitive level for eleven of those fifteen years. Some important qualities about my self are that I am six foot tall, 150 pounds, and I am the fastest player on both my high school and club soccer teams. I am a straight A student taking honors and AP classes , I have maintained a 4.0 gpa, and I am ranked 9th in my class out of 410 students. All throughout my life I have dreamed of playing college soccer and have set goals to achieve this dream. I work hard on and off the field to ensure the best future for myself academically and athletically. I have a great drive to improve myself in everything that I do. I push myself and others around me to become the best that we/I can be. I am a very vocal player, I communicate amongst my team so that we are all playing at our best. I keep my self focused and enthusiastic in every practice as well as in games. In my years of playing soccer at Waterford Kettering I have been a varsity starter since freshman year. I have been the leading scorer for my highschool team for the past 3 years and the past year on the Force. I was awarded an All-Conference Honorable Mention freshman and sophomore year while achieving All Conference my Junior year. I was named to the All District team freshman,sophomore and Junior year. In addition to my passion for soccer I also play varsity volleyball and varsity basketball for Waterford Kettering HS. I also play for the U18 Bloomfield Force Purple team. When searching for the right school, I look at the quality of their educational program and that the school offers a quality internship opportunity for future teachers to exprience what it's really like in a classroom. I also take into consideration the level of competition their womens soccer program competes at. I am hoping to play soccer as a freshman at a D1 or D2 college. Yet, I am very optimistic about all different types of schools.