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Denver Outlaws middie Zach Currier (25) was selected as an MLL all-star after accumulating six goals and six assists in his first four professional games.
Ladd: a trail blazing scout Leslie Ladd ’08 is the only female member of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars’ 15-person scouting department. She is the Jaguars’ coordinator of scouting administration. Her journey to the position included volunteer work at the University of Kentucky, where she did a lot of “grunt work” and survived a coaching change. That eventually led to a call from the Jaguars. She is still one of the few women involved on the football side of operations in the NFL. In a feature article in her hometown news- paper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ladd said, whether you are male or female, “You have to put in your time.” “I am the low man on the totem pole,” she said. “I am at the very bottom, but being on
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the totem pole at all means everything. It’s taken me four years, but now I am out on the field for practice and for workouts. I’m standing in the background not saying a peep and staying out of the way, but I am out there.”
Miracle named athlete of the year Kayla Miracle ’14 was named the Mid-South Conference female student-athlete of the year. A junior at Campbellsville University, Miracle is a 130-pound wrestler with a record 107-1 record in three years of collegiate wrestling. Competing in the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association, Miracle is a three-time University National Champion and three-time WCWA National Champion. She also wrestles for Sunkist Kids, Team Nike, and Team USA. She has been a Junior World Team member
three times, Senior Pan Am medialist, twotime Junior World bronze medalist, Senior World Team member, and finished fourth in the 2016 Rio Olympic Trials. Along with her athletic accomplishments, Miracle carries a 3.95 GPA while majoring in mathematics. She was also honored for her contributions back to Campbellsville University, the community, and the sport of wrestling. “Because of the opportunities that I have had through wrestling I have been able to see the world and experience so many things that others my age normally do not have a chance to,” Miracle said. “I am extremely grateful for these experiences as they have helped mold me into the person I am today.” Miracle was the first girl to qualify for the Indiana state high school wrestling finals when she was a sophomore at Culver.