While at Ottawa High School, Kristen Porter got to play both soccer and softball. At the University of St. Francis, she did the same.

What makes that combination so unique is the fact that both of those are girls spring sports at the IHSA level when she played for the Pirates.

“We didn’t have girls soccer at the time so I played on the boys’ team. I was one of two girls on the team,” Porter explained. “I was a forward in high school but after my senior year, I got a call from St. Francis and they wanted me to go there and play midfielder.”