The many looks of Tai Rose.
Her attitude is impeccable.
First-year Wolf soccer player Tai Rose is ready to go wherever her coaches ask her to play. Point and she’s ready to charge into action.
“I play defense,” said the CHS freshman. “Not sure which side yet, either one is fine.”
She’s following in the (quick) footsteps of big sis May Rose, a sophomore who streaks up the field on the attack.
“May has really inspired me and helped with the game,” Tai Rose said. “If I need extra help or I don’t get something, she’s the first person I ask, and she’s really nice about it, too!”
Rose, who also doubles as the Freshman class president, decided to pick up the sport when she entered high school.
The standard set down by May and other older Wolf players inspired her.
“I’ve always wanted to play soccer, but never had the time to play much, but freshman year, I thought why not give it a shot?,” Rose said. “I enjoy all of my fellow players that are seniors because I look at them and set a goal to be just as good as them or better.
“Especially my senior mentor, Marisa Etzell, she’s helped me get a lot better from when I started!”
Away from the pitch, Rose enjoys fishing and horseback riding, Disney movies (“I love to watch them so much! It’s fun!”) and her math and fitness classes.
She hopes to become a mathematician and attend the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
When she’s with her Wolf teammates, in practice or at game time, she is keen on fine-tuning her skills.
“My strengths, I think, are mostly defending, taking the ball away from people,” Rose said. “Areas I need to work on are shooting long distance with lots of air, and I need to practice my PK’s.
“My main goal is to be a very successful defender and work super hard to get better at playing soccer!”
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