Haley McFarlane
junior, pre-medical, biology
women鈥檚 soccer team captain
Colorado Springs, CO
By Cassie Winter, University Communications and Marketing Intern
All within her second year playing for 麻豆官网首页入口免费鈥� Women鈥檚
Soccer team, Haley McFarlane has earned first-team all-GNAC honors and Daktronics
all-West Region defender. Not only is she successful on the field with her roles as
defender and team captain, she looks to the future and aspires to be a doctor.
What is your role as one of the team鈥檚 captains?
鈥淛ust to be a leader, run the warm-ups and get the team going on game day. We have to try and keep things the same鈥攐ur team is weird for superstitions. We each have specific things we need to do before the game, like certain spots we sit in for pre-game.鈥�
What are some of the challenges being a college athlete?
鈥淜eeping the load as light as possible between school and soccer because of how much we travel. You need to make sure you鈥檙e performing well. When you鈥檙e traveling it鈥檚 harder because your body is just tired from being on a plane or bus. Also you have to keep on top of schoolwork because you have to remember school is continuous even while you are gone.鈥�
What does earning first-team all-GNAC honors mean to you?
鈥淚t鈥檚 easy to be considered great when you have such a good team behind you, and this year we had something special. I can鈥檛 do it without my teammates. It should be just as rewarding for them as it is for me.鈥�
What is important for your team off the field?
鈥淲e are one big family. We love each other and hang out all the time. We are constantly interacting and I think that鈥檚 one of the most important things because you have to keep that chemistry off the field and in the off-season. It鈥檚 so much easier to play with someone when you have chemistry with them.鈥�
What do you hope for in the future?
鈥淚 want to find a path that I鈥檓 happy with, a career that I will be successful in. With soccer, I hope we get to the tournaments next year and I want this program to continue being successful.鈥�
University Communications and Marketing Note:
The women鈥檚 soccer team with a grade point average of 3.21 earned the Team Academic
Award from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the thirteenth straight
year.