{"id":7760,"date":"2021-12-08T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:20:27","slug":"student-athlete-dance-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/student-athlete-dance-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-athlete turns dance experience into soccer accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; 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She was confident that if she got to campus, she\u2019d make the team. Her secret weapon? 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That\u2019s kind of where a \u2018circusy\u2019 part comes in when it\u2019s about defeating gravity, falling from really high heights and parkour type things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starting STREB at such a young age, Kaia initially was learning how to roll, properly fall from heights and hold her body to avoid injury, and she would run around obstacles learning how to balance. As her skills advanced through the years, she learned how to do full twists, front tucks, roundoff back handsprings, dances and flips off of trampolines; all of this and more to create \u201cpop action\u201d sequences to be used in performances. This unique sport became more than an extracurricular to Kaia. She says, \u201cI think it was a place where I [could] just let loose and run and climb and that kind of stuff. It was just a fun place to get all my energy out after school and enjoy myself without restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She gained a multitude of skills doing STREB, and some have proven to be beneficial to her other passion\u2014soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Kaia knew she wanted to play soccer in college, and the hopes of joining the team, plus the small-school feel, ultimately led her to Eckerd. Making the team was no easy task. She spent months training and persevering. \u201cI had to be on the soccer team, no other choice!\u201d\u00a0 she says. She spent the next five months asking to attend practices and clinics while playing on her own, not letting even COVID barriers get in her way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eckerdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\">Eckerd Women\u2019s Soccer<\/a> is delighted to have Kaia on the team, according to Fotopoulos. \u201cHer chemistry with our team, she\u2019s just smiles all around. She\u2019s completely awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her first full season playing collegiate soccer, Kaia contributed two goals and one assist to the Tritons\u2019 efforts and was Eckerd\u2019s first Women\u2019s Soccer player named <a href=\"https:\/\/sunshinestateconference.com\/news\/2021\/9\/13\/general-ssc-weekly-awards-presented-by-jimmy-johns-september-13-19.aspx\">Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week<\/a> since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A smiling Kaia admits, \u201cHonestly, I wish we had more practices. 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