Kerri Kosten: Kassidy Wolfe enjoying her time at West Liberty

Sep. 8—MORGANTOWN — Kassidy Wolfe fell in love with soccer because of her older sister.

"I first got into soccer by going to my older sister's soccer practices and games, " she said. "At her practices and games, I would try and walk and kick the soccer ball, which eventually is how I finally learned how to walk. But at the age of 4, my dad registered me to play u6 soccer which is when I actually started playing."

Her sister was not the only influence on Wolfe's soccer career growing up.

"Always growing up, I always looked up to Abbie Wambach and Hope Solo, but as I have gotten older I have started looking up to Hannah Abraham. She coached my final year of high school which was something that I had always hoped would happen. Getting sessions with her through this crazy time, she has push and pushed me to become a better soccer player and I'm so thankful."

A Morgantown native, Wolfe is a 2020 graduate of University High.

She recently finished her freshman season at West Liberty.

As a freshman, Wolfe helped West Liberty defeat Wheeling when she had the first assist of her college career which led to a goal.

"It was great to accomplish something like that in my game of my freshman year, " she said.

She played in a total of eight games, starting two. She had three shots, including one shot on goal.

"One memorable experience is starting my very first game of the season and playing a great amount of time."

Wolfe is happy with how her freshman season went and is looking forward to being a sophomore.

"I believe it went well, but there is always room for improvement, " she said. "I cannot wait to be back out on the pitch."

As a Hawk, she was named first team all-state as well as all-region.

Wolfe feels playing soccer at West Liberty is different from UHS.

"Playing at West Liberty is a lot more demanding and competitive, " she said.

She said COVID has made things challenging.

"It was definitely different throughout COVID. It was very difficult staying six feet apart while playing a contact sport but we made do. Wearing a mask during practice was a struggle at times (especially in the super hot weather) but we all fought through it to keep us all healthy and able to have a season."

Playing soccer in the spring instead of the fall was also different.

"Being club soccer and in the spring felt different."

Wolfe chose to attend West Liberty for a few reasons.

"I decided to attend West Liberty because it was a smaller campus and a smaller class ratio. It just felt like home after touring the campus a couple of times."

"Something I like most about attending West Liberty is it just seems like a huge family. Everyone there is nice."

She is majoring in Speech Pathology and Audiology.

"I plan to attend Audiology grad school at WVU and hopefully get a job somewhere in Morgantown, " Wolfe said.

Wolfe said the transition from high school to college has gone well.

"The transition is a little different but not much, " she said. "The biggest difference is probably being in a classroom with students that are actually there wanting to get an education, where high school not everyone was there for the same reason I was."

In her spare time, Wolfe enjoys hanging out with her friends and family.

She is the daughter of Kristie and Rob Wolfe.