Manchester High student-athlete Kaylan Bradford shares college and career plans
Kaylan Bradford said she plans to study occupational therapy in college after a Manchester High career that included volleyball, cheerleading and track.
Kaylan Bradford said she plans to study occupational therapy in college after a Manchester High School career that included volleyball, cheerleading and track. Cheerleading was her favorite of the three. The July 12 profile, part of The People’s Defender’s weekly series on Adams County senior student-athletes, showed the mix of athletics, academics and future planning now facing Manchester seniors.
Bradford said her favorite thing about sports was making friends, while losing was the part she liked least. Her most memorable sports moment was “winning competitions,” a short answer that still points to how much team success can matter in a small-school program where the same students see one another in class, at practice and in the stands.
Outside athletics, Bradford named geometry as her favorite subject and reading a book as her favorite spare-time activity. She said her favorite restaurant was Raising Cane’s, her dream travel destination was Italy, and she would trade places for a day with Jennifer Aniston. Those details give a fuller picture of a Manchester senior who is already looking ahead, but still rooted in the routines of school, sports and home.
Manchester Local Schools says the Greyhound athletic program is dedicated to teaching life lessons and character development through sport, and the district offers 15 varsity sports, including cheerleading, throughout the school year. For students like Bradford, that means the path out of high school can still run through practices, meet schedules and the habits built on local courts and fields before college begins.
A public school directory lists Manchester High School at about 325 students and about 22 full-time teachers, a scale that helps explain why a senior profile can carry real weight in Adams County. The current Manchester High School building was completed in August 1997, one of four public high school buildings finished in Adams County that year, along with North Adams, Peebles and West Union.
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