Future bright: Bartlesville soccer player eyes future at SNU
Fire embodied — slashing all around the field of competition to give her team a scorching edge in fierce alternating flow of soccer action.
That visualization could describe the hustling impact Jessica Carithers has had on her teams, including Bartlesville High.
Her talented and pugnacious persistence haven’t gone unnoticed by college coaches.
Carithers recently signed a letter of intent to attend Southern Nazarene University and join the women’s soccer team.
“What really drew me … was the culture and the coach being really invested in me,” said Carithers, who will be a senior on next spring’s Bartlesville High squad. “I enjoy everything about the game and how it pushes me to be a petter person on and off the field.”
Carithers looks forward to savoring the college soccer experience with Lady Bruin teammate Millie Butler, who also has inked with Southern Nazarene.
“Sharing this experience with Millie is something I will remember forever,” Carithers said. “We’ve been playing together through most of my competitive career.”
Butler and Carithers already have experienced the reward of representing the supportive Bartlesville soccer fans.
“I love our community and the way everyone comes together to support the Bruins,” Carithers said. “I have the best memories from traveling with my team over the years.”
but, prior to suiting up for SNU, Carithers (and Butler) still have one season left at Bartlesville High.
Cedric Muteshi is earmarked to begin a new coaching era in Lady Bruin soccer.
“I think they will do amazing,” Carithers said about Muteshi’s impending leadership. “I’m excited to see what our new coach has planned.”
Regardless to coaching changes and new teams, Carithers can always rely on the foundation of family for unshakable aegis.
“My support system has influenced every decision I’ve ever made,” Carithers said. “Since I was a little girl I wanted to be just like my older siblings. My family and friends are the best and I definitely couldn’t have done it without them.”
Future upon future stretches out in front of Carithers like a rolling landscape of opportunity. Ah, the energy of youth and purpose.
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NEW COACH
In late November, the Bartlesville Public Schools selected Cedric Muteshi to be Bartlesville’s new head girls soccer coach, pending approval of the Bartlesville Board of Education.
Muteshi is set to fill the vacancy left the Aaron Kuntz, who guided the program for more than a decade prior to taking a job in administration.
He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Cumberlands (Ky.), where he also excelled in soccer. Muteshi played pro soccer for multiple teams and since 2013 has been part of the Oklahoma Wesleyan University soccer program.
Muteshi also has served as OKWU’s head coach for both cross country and track and field.
He earned two post-graduate degrees at OKWU.
Muteshi takes charge of a Lady Bruin soccer team that has consistently been a winner but is battling to create a strong postseason tradition.
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Bartlesville High Lady Bruin soccer player inks with SNU
