Collete Zack will soon trade the blue and gold of the Hood River Valley Eagles for the green and yellow of the Humboldt State Lumberjacks. Zach, a senior at HRVHS, signed a letter of intent Wednesday – National Signing Day — to play soccer for the D2 school in Arcata, Calif.
“I’m really excited,” Zack said. “I feel like I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I had a really big list of schools I was looking at and it took a while to narrow it down. It (Humboldt State) feels like the right fit for me. It’s far enough away from home that I’ll get some independence, but it’s also close enough that it will be pretty easy to visit and my parents can come to my games.”
Guided by coach Kevin Haspela, who was at the signing with Zack and her parents, Sherri and Kirk, Collete worked her way up the program at HRVHS, starting on the JV team as a freshman and ending as varsity captain last fall, when the Eagles claimed the Columbia River Conference title and made it to the state quarterfinals.
“As a freshman (at Humboldt), I’m probably not going to start,” she said. “I’m not sure where they’ll use me yet either. Maybe right-back, but I’m not sure; they will see how I mesh with the other players on the team. I’m just really excited to have the opportunity to play D2 soccer; as soon as I started playing club soccer in high school I knew this was something I really wanted to do.”
Zack says a major reason she chose Humboldt State is because the college has a masters program in kinesthesiology, which will be her field of study.
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