Bryant U. recruits Millstone soccer star

Millstone Township resident Kaitlyn Fare has received a scholarship to play soccer at Bryant University in Rhode Island.

Millstone's Kaitlyn Fare, 17, a senior at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, signs a letter of intent to play soccer at Bryant University in Rhode Island starting in the fall. Fare, a 17-year-old Millstone resident who is a senior at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, signed a national letter of intent Feb. 4 to play soccer while attending Bryant University in Rhode Island. The school granted her a scholarship, but her family did not want to disclose the amount.

After receiving hundreds of letters from schools across the country and talking to numerous recruiters, Fare said she is happy to be relieved of the stress of having to pick a school to attend after graduation.

"I saw Bryant and really liked it," Fare said. "I liked it because it is a small school with only two academic buildings and a pretty campus."

She also said the school has a good soccer program headed by Coach Chris Flint, who recruited her.

"The team has a good record and I like the coach because he is prepared," Fare said "He has sent me all the workouts for training. He's really organized."

Fare has been playing soccer since age 8, when she started with the Manalapan Recreation Department team Manalapan Explosion under the direction of Howie Allen. Since then she has played on various club teams including Wall Power in Wall Township, under the direction of coaches Brian Doherty and Mike Lyons, and most recently Match Fit in Edison.

She has played on St. John Vianney's varsity team since her freshman year. This school year, the team made Second Team All-County and Fare was named a top scorer in the Shore Conference.

Although she played the outside midfield position in high school, she looks forward to trying outside fullback in college.

Fare said it has always been her dream to play soccer in college and kept focusing on that goal when she sacrificed her nights and weekends for practice and games. She said her brother Gary, 20, who now plays baseball for The College of New Jersey, gave her the inspiration to try to get a college scholarship to play her favorite sport.

Fare said soccer has taught her numerous life lessons about camaraderie, teamwork, time management and discipline. She remains undecided about what she will study at Bryant, but may focus on environmental science or accounting.