Sarah Kovalchick threw out her dreams of playing college soccer when she decided to go to Maryland. She received Division II and III offers out of Middletown High School, but elected to forgo those options to attend her favorite school as a regular student.
“The University of Maryland was this big Division I school and you talked about it as if it was a dream,” Kovalchick said. “I never thought I’d actually be able to represent it.”
So she began her hiatus from soccer, though it wouldn’t last long. Kovalchick got involved with the athletic department in other ways, though she didn’t know it would eventually lead her back onto the field.