Kennedy Tranter, the Lexington Catholic soccer standout who graduated early to begin her college career at Kentucky, left the UK team during winter training citing family concerns and has opted not to return.
"Within this last year, it's been a set of unfortunate and amazing situations that have kind of come together," said Brad Turpin, Tranter's longtime club coach at Lexington F.C. who was asked by the family to speak on her behalf. "It has zero to do with the UK women's soccer program. They (Tranter's family) feel like they've let them down a little bit, but Kennedy's mind is just going to other places.