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Heroes All!! The Early Years of WS Soccer and all those brave young women who withstood my growing pains…

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Heroes All!! The Early Years of WS Soccer and all those brave young women who withstood my growing pains…

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To one of the programs biggest heroes- thank you Chip Carver and Anne Delaney for all your incredible support!

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Our Heron heroes are the WS goalkeepers past and present who laid it all out for their team and the love of the game!

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Great joy and gratitude fills my heart to be a part of it of this incredible community of humble leaders!

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IYKYK.

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All those born in 1986 are our heroes. And we heard AA's heroes too 🤣😂

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No one is more deserving of the title “No. 1 Heron Fan” than this guy 💚

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My parents and all the family and friends who have supported WS Soccer Heron Nation over the years in the cold, wind, rain, sleet, snow and sometime sunshine!  You've always been an important part of the team behind the team!! 

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My parents and all the family and friends who have supported WS Soccer Heron Nation over the years in the cold, wind, rain, sleet, snow and sometime sunshine!  You've always been an important part of the team behind the team!! 

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To Ruppert, Sammy & Freddie Art and all the other loyal fans and players who make up Heron Nation...and of course AA...you all are the heroes! 

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To Ruppert, Sammy & Freddie Art and all the other loyal fans and players who make up Heron Nation...and of course AA...you all are the heroes! 

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The fall after I graduated, Courtney was a first year at WS. She texted me from saga that fall saying she wishes I was still there and that there’s an empty seat next to her that she saved for me. A simple text that a couple months later felt even more powerful when she passed away after a valiant fight with cancer. I’ve always thought about that “empty seat” and how, as a member of WS Soccer, we were always taught to pull up another chair to include another person, someone we may know well or someone we should get to know better. Whether it be our tour guide in Barcelona, our hosts’ son in San Antonio, Courtney’s twin brothers and twin sisters, parents of the program and so on, AA always taught us to make more room at the table for more voices, more discussion, more ideas, more love, more competitive minds. So on this giving day I think about the herons in saga, leaving a seat open for a teammate, a coach, a future heron, a parent, a mentor, a friend to sit in and experience what it means to be a part of the Heron Soccer program.
- Maddy Buckley ‘15
“Be curious, not judgmental”- Ted Lasso

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All WS Soccer Assistant Coaches past and present. And there have been many. Each unique in their gifts to our program but so uniform in their love and care for all they mentored and in their drive to help create the legacy that is WS Soccer 

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All WS Soccer Assistant Coaches past and present. And there have been many. Each unique in their gifts to our program but so uniform in their love and care for all they mentored and in their drive to help create the legacy that is WS Soccer 

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Class of 1994...and their offspring...Lucy Howe, '25 and Evan Amendum, '24! Goooooooo Heeeeerrrrronnnns!!

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Class of 1994...and their offspring...Lucy Howe, '25 and Evan Amendum, '24! Goooooooo Heeeeerrrrronnnns!!

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Fierce competitors, skilled players, terrific teammates and great friends!!

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1. Devon (a former SLU player) for dressing up as her twin sister, Leah, and attending a post-season practice incognito and while there being asked to move goals and set up fields.

2. The bravery of Leah to stay behind in the locker room and show up late to practice.

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What time is it?!?!

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Yes, the very first box of wins was created for Julie BB back in 2007. We tied one game that year vs. Hamilton so we kept their cardboard name up on the white board until we got redemption in the conference championship game -- first conference championship Tournament win ever for the program, which started the epic streak!

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When we went dry for season for the first time and would create shirts that said [Our Opponents Name] Drinks and put it over a piñata then do what you do to piñatas with a golf club. #Dryforever

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Court is missed and loved! For those of you who did not have the honor of knowing Courtney, she was diagnosed with cancer the first week of high school. She was a tough athlete who earned a starting spot on her high school soccer team despite going through treatment for her glyoblastoma. She graduated from Canandaigua Academy and came to William Smith. Courtney passed away in October 2015. She loved being a a Heron and is missed dearly.

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Yes Sue Willard - our hero for your tireless work supporting our players through the admissions process!

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Yes Sue Willard - our hero for your tireless work supporting our players through the admissions process!

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To all our fans - alums, family, friends, faculty and staff - heroes every one!

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To all our fans - alums, family, friends, faculty and staff - heroes every one!

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Happ is my hero because he's always excited to chase the ball, even when I feel like he's already done it perfect one last time ... and he asked for $10 to donate to WS Soccer.

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Dre. You're a hero for falling through the glass table and having the scars to show for it.

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She's a hero for the pure fact she's a legend.

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We might get in trouble for this but getting in trouble seems fitting.

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Self explanatory!

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Rickey Art is thee definition of a hero for her tireless support of the WS Herons and countless hours of watching soccer in rain, snow, sleet and wind.

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Robert Burnett-Kurie and Jim Williamson 

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Robert Burnett-Kurie and Jim Williamson 

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For their love of their daughters, being super fans of William Smith Soccer and bringing us great entertainment as they roomed together in Spain/Portugal! ⚽️❤️

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AK is our hero for calling Tuna "FISH" during a drill. Legacy right there.

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Courtney Peters for being our lifeguard during our swim recovery so we could jump off the high dive in the pitch black!

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Aliceann is our hero, because as we were searching for the Hidden Hero page, we thought to ourselves... are we too old to figure out new technology or is AA leading us down a rabbit hole saying there is a hidden hero page...

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Alex Rieben is my hero for carrying around a desk telephone in her backpack since 2006!!

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Mitch Wilber is my hero because he gives so frequently and consistently with full investment of his time and thought to his families (including Heron Nation) communities and boards
from AA

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Mitt Romney-- for standing up for a unified country and telling George Santos where he didn't belong.

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Mitt Romney-- for standing up for a unified country and telling George Santos where he didn't belong.

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Graham Ramsey , who provided a lot of help for WS Soccer in its early years-- Mitch Wilber

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Graham Ramsey , who provided a lot of help for WS Soccer in its early years-- Mitch Wilber

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