By the time an athlete’s senior season rolls around, they hope to already have established themselves and play a freer, less rigid style and let their respective sport come to them.
But for a returning All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year and team-leading goal scorer, its senior season is when an athlete once again has to prove that those accolades weren’t just in the past.
Add an injured foot into the mix, and some players would have trouble recovering not only physically but mentally as well.
Not Penn State’s Moira Putsch.
Putsch has been able to bounce back from a broken foot, which sidelined her for the entire preseason and opener as well.