Morgan Proffitt won’t have to go far from Marquette to start her professional career. The Chicago Red Stars took her with the No. 12 overall pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft on Thursday.
“It means the world,” Proffitt said. “After college season was over, that was devastating. But I was hoping to continue playing and that happened today. Everything I’ve worked for kind of completed itself today so it was really exciting.”
The 2016 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year already has experience with Chicago, having played with their reserve team the past two summers.