On Feb. 5, three McNicholas seniors signed to play college sports. Both Jack Kelly and Caleb Moore signed to play college lacrosse, and Abby Glace signed to run college cross country and track.
Kelly committed to play lacrosse at Marietta College located in Marietta, Ohio, where he will play the position of goalie. Marietta College is a member of NCAA Division III, and is part of the Ohio Athletic Conference. Marietta was his first official offer, and he intends to study health sciences, eventually becoming a physician assistant (PA). Kelly first became interested in lacrosse in 3rd grade, then he took a break from the sport, resumed playing in 7th grade, and has been playing ever since. Kelly is a 4-year varsity starter and is the highest decorated goalie in McNicholas history. He was 2nd team all-league his sophomore year, and 1st team all-league and all-region his junior year. According to the McNicholas athletics website, that year, he had 217 saves placing him 17th in state history for saves in a single season.
In college, he is most looking forward to “the opportunity to meet people and play the sport I love.” He said that he would most remember “the times with teammates, the few times you win are something that really you cherish, being on a team that is not always that successful because it really means something when you bring together that common goal.”. He said that his biggest supporters throughout his career have been “my parents, always being there to support me, taking me up to the field whenever I wanted to practice.”
Moore also committed to play lacrosse at Marietta College, where he will be playing defense, faceoff, and LSM (long stick midfielder). Otterbein University, Wittenberg University, and Rollins College were his other choices, but he chose Marietta because “the coach stuck out to me, instead of looking at the best for the lacrosse player, he wanted the best for the person and what they will do after college. He wanted to see the person grow more than the lacrosse player.”. He intends to study kinesiology, and “after I study that I want to go into med school after college and after lacrosse, unless I make it into the next-next level (Professional Lacrosse)., I wish to continue my studies, get a medical degree and become an orthopedic surgeon.”. Moore became interested in lacrosse when he was around 6 years old, when his brothers introduced him to the sport. He was team defensive MVP and all region honorable mention his junior year, and 2nd team all-league his sophomore and junior seasons.
Moore is most looking forward to “continuing to educate myself in kinesiology, which is the study of movement of muscles and starting that career path of trying to become a doctor and go to med school.” He said he will most “remember being able to kind of, up bring and make people better as lacrosse players, and as just a person in general. Showing that I can actually be able to help people out, and be a greater person is probably what I think I’ll be proud of.” He said one of his biggest influences in lacrosse was [McNick grad] Jack Suttles. “He was an all-star middle linebacker in football, and he was a beast. Not going to lie, my stick skills were way better than his freshman year, but he was big, he was a beast. He was a heavy hitter. So that’s what I really admired about him, and his way to influence other players to being better and being greater for the team. So, I took my footsteps of trying to become a captain off of him because he really influenced me off of that,” Moore said. He also added that “playing at McNick has taught me a lot, it taught me how to actually put myself into other people’s shoes, and to be able to help other players out. We started the program with everybody brand new to the team, and only a handful of us were actually educated in the sport, and knew how to do some of it. Just taking the time to actually go out and teach everybody to kind of just make sure they’re having fun with the sport and not getting discouraged with the sport. I think that will help me in college by becoming a great teammate.” He said that some of his biggest supporters were his “two club lacrosse coaches, Coach AJ and Coach Simon. They were piggybacking me throughout my whole lacrosse career; they would travel with me, they would travel all across the US for lacrosse, and they would always be at my tournaments, and they would always be willing to teach me when I did something wrong.” Moore’s advice to younger athletes aspiring to play in college is “follow your dreams. Don’t let anyone tell you different.”
Abby Glace committed to run cross country and track at Thomas More University, where she plans to major in nursing. They are members of NCAA Division II and are part of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Glace first became interested in cross-country in 7th grade, and track and field her freshman year. She is a 4-year varsity cross country and track runner and has run cross country for 6 consecutive years. She placed 16th at the GCL Coed Championship both her junior and senior year, and she earned 3rd team all-league honors. Her junior year, her 4×800 relay team won the District Championship.
Glace said she is most looking forward to “all of my new teammates and getting the chance to run at the next level.” She said she will most remember “the cross-country pasta parties the night before meets and the practices. For track, I will remember talking with friends in between events and getting new sweatshirts every time we advanced.” Glace added that her biggest supporters are her parents, teammates, and coaches. She also said that her “teammates influenced me from the start, especially my friend Skylar who was a senior when I was a freshman. My teammates now have been a huge part of my cross country and track experience because we have all gotten so close to one another and they are some of my best friends.”
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