There has been a rise in leg injuries at Chapman. Many of the injuries have been students tearing their ACL.

Junior Taylor Rogers tore his ACL during a football game. His injury kept him from playing his junior year.

“It sucked, it was really hard to watch everyone play while I was sitting there on the sidelines,” Rogers said.

Rogers isn’t the only student who tore his ACL.

Sophomore Pressley Eidson also tore her ACL twice — once in seventh grade and the other during a soccer practice. She said she was really upset because she knew she couldn’t play.

“I was upset because I knew that I was going to be out because I tore it a first time,” Eidson said.

Girls soccer coach Zoren Rierson felt that it affected Eidson because she had such a passion for soccer.

“That was really hard because she had already put in all of this work, and then it kind of got ripped away,” Rierson said.

Students are affected by injuries because they miss that year’s season.

Rierson said because of the rise in injuries, coaches have to switch students to different positions, which can negatively impact the team.

“You develop your team from tryouts all the way through, and each player has a very specific role. So when injuries happen, we now have to shift what the roles are,” Rierson said.

Injuries can affect students not only physically but also mentally.

Senior Khamari Turner, who tore his meniscus last year, said not being able to help his team had a big impact on him.

“I felt like I let them down. Also I feel like I let my team down. I felt hopeless and helpless,” Turner said.

Eidson’s advice for future injured students is to keep going to therapy and staying positive.

“My advice for people is to keep going to therapy and to keep strong,” Eidson said.