{"id":2418,"date":"2016-02-03T21:36:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:54:17","slug":"caroline-wysocki-signs-with-the-university-of-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/02\/03\/caroline-wysocki-signs-with-the-university-of-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Wysocki Signs with the University of New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caroline Wysocki had done her share of traveling as a member of her elite U-18 club soccer team, the FC Stars of Massachusetts, so when it came time to look at colleges, the Agawam senior and honor student wanted to find a school close to home. Her parents couldn\u2019t fault her reasoning, mom Colleen recalls: \u201cShe said, \u2018If I\u2019m going to be playing soccer for the next four years, I want you all to be able to come and watch me play.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

No doubt they will. Colleen and her husband, Bill, will have to travel only as far as Durham, NH, for their daughter\u2019s home games at the University of New Hampshire next fall. Caroline signed a national letter of intent to play for the Division 1 school in a ceremony Wednesday in the Dodge Room of the Reed Campus Center. As a bonus, her parents can still say their daughter is a Wildcat.<\/p>\n

And one that will not soon be forgotten at Williston. \u201cCaroline is one of the best overall athletes that I\u2019ve ever coached,\u201d says soccer coach Jen Fulcher. \u201cShe can be dangerous anywhere on the field. We put her up front, and she came up with numerous big goals, numerous game-winning goals, and was a threat from start to finish in every game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Ms. Wysocki broke the Williston school record for most goals per game in a season, netting 15 in 16 games.\u00a0That season total is also the second highest in school history.<\/p>\n

Such success reflects a work ethic that impresses even her parents. \u201cThere were many nights when she would come home after sports practice at Williston,\u201d her mother recalls, \u201cand then go to Lancaster where her club team plays. You\u2019ve got to be a pretty driven kid to be able to come home, sometimes at 10 or 10:30 at night, and then do your homework. I don\u2019t think every kid could handle that, but she was able to. And she still made the honor roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to compete,\u201d says Caroline, who was also recruited to play lacrosse. \u201cAnd to create friendships with teammates and coaches that are like nothing else. Facing adversity can be difficult, but the positive energy from other people on my team keeps me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

One teammate she will miss is Emily MacDonald, who also signed a letter of intent Wednesday with Assumption College. The two have been playing together since they were 9 years old and together formed the core of a Wildcat team that will be hard to replace, says their coach.<\/p>\n

Caroline and Emily \u201crepresent four-year impact players, both as people and as leaders\u2014they were both captains of the team\u2014and will certainly go down as two of the best players to play here,\u201d Ms. Fulcher says. \u201cThey are the perfect balance of talent, personality, and leadership, and making everyone around them better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caroline will be joining a UNH team coached by Steve Welham, who took over the program in 2014. Colleen said her daughter connected with Mr. Welham from their first meeting. \u201cHe was so enthusiastic about taking over the program, his vision going forward, and that was definitely another draw,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The Wysockis, both public school teachers, credit Williston with helping make their daughter\u2019s next step possible. \u201cWilliston challenged her, athletically and academically, to a level she would not have experienced elsewhere,\u201d says Colleen. \u201cWe cannot say enough about it. For us, it was a privilege to be able to have our daughter go there.\u201d<\/p>\n

View photos from the signing ceremony on Williston’s Flickr site.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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