As a result of last year’s 15-5 record which saw Cathedral make a deep run towards state, there comes a girl from the town of Fishers who has really made an impact on her high school team. For Keira Bradford, soccer is a state of mind, and there is nothing that can separate her love for the game. After helping Cathedral in assists last season, Bradford’s main intentions for this season include being a productive scorer while maintaining an aggressive approach.

“Last year my mindset was leaning more towards assisting my team and following the guidance from our seniors. This year I plan to dig into the attack and be a complete threat on the field by putting some goals up or being such a nuisance that I create space and opportunity for my teammates.” Bradford told Justin Hartsough of One Nation Sports Indiana.

The Purdue Fort Wayne commit managed to record eight goals and two assists as a junior after being the third best scorer on last year’s team. With Keira Bradford and Abbey Beasley sharing the workload on offense there’s nothing that can stop these two. Bradford is known for sharing the ball, which makes her a player who thinks of others.

“I have always been a very unselfish player, almost to a fault. I don’t care who gets the goals or the great defensive stops. All I care about is that I help my team win.” Bradford stated.

After having a successful club soccer season with her ECNL family, Bradford continues to have great workout sessions at Elite Training Sports Performance with her personal trainer Rome Smith. He has been a huge help to the 5-9 forward as she gets ready to take on the challenges that await her this season.

“I have been working with my trainer Rome over the summer at Elite Training Sports Performance on my strength, speed, endurance, and accuracy. Rome is very dedicated and comes to my games to evaluate what I need to work on for future sessions. He makes me feel very confident and prepared. I have been very focused on my own time on my shooting accuracy and working on moves/movements to help get shots off.” Bradford explained.

On October 6th of last year, Bradford made her college commitment known to the Twitter world that she would be furthering her academic and athletic career with Purdue Fort Wayne. As if it were an obvious choice, Mastodon’s head coach Jason Burr knew right away that Bradford would be a perfect fit for his program. What Keira likes about PFW is the small campus-like atmosphere and everything that their soccer program has to offer. Bradford is very excited to become a Don next school year.

“I was talking to a few schools when Coach Burr at Purdue Fort Wayne reached out to me to request a phone call. There was an obvious difference in how invested he seemed in me vs the other coaches. He was talking about my style of play and specific game plays and I felt like he really knew me! I really like the coaching staff, environment, and team culture at PFW. And it doesn’t hurt that I will get my own bedroom! When I was there for my unofficial visit, it felt like I was checking off all of the boxes of what I wanted from a school. I can’t really explain it, I just knew it was the right place for me.” Bradford said.

In the end, Keira wants to be known as the best possible team leader that Cathedral High School Women’s Soccer has ever known. She has what it takes to have a servant’s heart out on the field and knows exactly what she wants to complete before calling it a career with the Fighting Irish.

“I want to be the best leader that I can be for our young team and help lead us to a state championship! But mostly I want to enjoy my senior year and make a ton of memories.” Bradford said.

With five days to go until the regular season starts, the Cathedral Fighting Irish will begin their quest for gold on the road this coming weekend as they play defending Class 3A State Champion Noblesville. The game is slated for an 11:30am start time. Hope to see you there!