Many years ago, an 8-year old girl in Mt. Laurel, NJ declared she would someday be a professional soccer player. That dream came true for Rutgers senior Kenie Wright last week, when Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League drafted her in the 4th round, 26th overall.
Kenie's grandfather, Pete McCorkle, is a long-time (35 years) running buddy of mine and he told me last weekend how hard Kenie had worked, how she went all out for 90 minutes every game and how she was deadly on set pieces. She was a co-captain this year, earned South Jersey Collegiate Player of the Year honors as well as being Third Team All Region and Second Team All Big Ten. Oh, yes, and she won the sportsmanship award.
Wright will be joining Rutgers alumnae Carli Lloyd, Madison Tiernan and Erica Skroski on the Sky Blue squad, which is coached by Scarlet Knight alum Denise Reddy. Appropriately, Sky Blue plays homes matches at Rutgers' Yurcak Field.
We're looking forward to seeing Kenie live out the dream when the NWSL season begins.
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