Ciara McClay '19 Recruiting Profile

I am the youngest of seven children, I was born and raised in north east Vermont, I was home schooled through my freshman year. My Catholic faith is very important to me and I try to live my life through it. All of my older siblings played competitive soccer so I have been on the field from a very young age. I am a very competitive individual and my work ethic and desire to become better never ends. I started playing competitively at 9 with a local club team and at age 11 tried out for Nordic Spirit soccer, a premier club in Vt.  I played with Nordic for six years, where we were state champions five years in a row. While with Nordic I played every position on the field (yes even goalkeeper) wherever I could help the team. But mainly played midfield. At my high school I played starting forward as a freshman and on, except my junior year when I had my hip scoped for labral surgery and missed all season.  I was told this surgery has a rehab of 9 to 12 months but through hard work and dedication to proper training I was cleared to return to play after five months. This high school season I will be the team's leader,  but I have always tried to be a positive motivator on every team I have been on. I also played ODP with Vermont for two years and attended regional training camp. I have worked hard the past few years at becoming proficient attacking and striking with either foot and will start this fall as an attacking central midfielder and move to forward when necessary.  At the collegiate level I want to aspire to become a better student of the game.  Academically, my desire is to strive to pursue my career in athletic training.  I am very driven and motivated on the field and in the classroom. Very easy going except when it is game time.