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Concussions ended her soccer career. Now Rachel Butler's one of Xavier's top runners

"This is not supposed to happen ... I've never seen this before."

Rachel Butler was crying.

The Xavier University women's soccer player was sitting in her coach's office. Her tears were the result of a decision that would drastically change her life.

"I think over the first three years (at Xavier) I had three concussions," said Butler. "I had one last (season) and just the lingering effects ... I wasn't passing my tests as fast as I should. I had side effects that were just not really worth it."

Her coach knew it too.