By Mike McGraw
Executive Director
The story is not an unusual one. An athlete sustains injury not once, but twice. It is perhaps the hardest rehabilitation in sport.
The discouragement of knowing that all the hard work you did the first time is staring you in the face again is more than some athletes care to deal with. For others, it is merely a call back to work.
That was the case for Indianapolis Chatard’s Kylie Queisser. As an accomplished soccer and basketball player, Kylie was slated to be a two-sport athlete for the Trojans. She fulfilled that potential her freshman year, starting for the Trojans’ varsity soccer team.
Unfortunately, she suffered a serious tear of the ACL and medial meniscus in her right knee toward the end of the season. It kept her out of basketball, but she rehabilitated in time for her sophomore season on the soccer field.
Nearly one year to the day from the date of her first injury, however, Kylie again suffered the anguish of a serious knee injury. But this time, she suffered the same injuries to her left knee.
Once again, basketball was out of the question. But a return to competition was not.
Queisser once again fought through the frustration and doubt. She again suffered through the long hours of rehabilitation. She again returned to the soccer field, this time for her junior season.
Kylie played two more seasons for the Trojans and will graduate as one of the finest soccer players to ever wear a Chatard uniform. Now she’s a nominee for the St. Vincent Spirit of Sport Award, the honor that encompasses all of the founding principles of St. Vincent Sports Performance.
These stories are always inspiring. Nonetheless, Kylie’s story is not one of a kind. Other athletes have battled their way through similar circumstances.
As you will hear in the accompanying video, however, Kylie’s comeback was accomplished with … shall we say, a bit of style.
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