Katherine Stanley is enjoying the present, but she has an eye toward her immediate future.
The John Paul II senior is the leading scorer on the Saints girls’ soccer team, bagging 13 goals so far. In the fall, Stanley will pack her bags for Virginia Military Institute, where she will continue her career.
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