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Public Defender

WVU’s soccer sensation (and first-generation college student) defends the net on field and wants to help defend society off the pitch.

Summer 2015 will be remembered for many reasons. Jurassic World’s record box office haul. Major Lazer and DJ Snake teaming up for the Billboard-busting “Lean On.” And in case you missed it, Taylor Swift was kind of big too.

On the sports page, though, the summer might eventually be remembered as a watershed moment for women’s sports. Team USA’s victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup attracted stateside viewers at unprecedented levels. The U.S. women’s cup clinching victory over Japan became the most watched soccer match of any gender in U.