The first knee injury prevented her from playing the entire 2006 girls soccer season at Rockland High School.
Amanda Panaro tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during summer soccer, wiping out her junior season with the Bulldogs.
The second knee injury came a year later when Panaro again tore the ACL in her right knee, causing her to sit out the first half of her senior season in 2007.
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After being sidelined for much of her final two years in high school, Panaro didn’t have high hopes for a future in soccer.
“I thought my college career was over then,’’ said Panaro. “I thought there’s no way I can play in college. No coach is going to look at someone who has torn their ACL twice in high school.’’
Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., gave Panaro a shot beginning in the fall of 2008, and it turned out to be a wise move by the Ravens.
The player with a history of knee ailments earned All-Northeast-10 Conference honors four consecutive seasons and made the Daktronics Div. 2 All-America second team as a junior in 2010 when she was also a first-team All-East Region selection. Panaro scored 32 goals with six assists in 68 career games.
“It was a blessing to be able to play,’’ said Panaro, who was a midfielder as a freshman, was a back as a sophomore and a forward the final two years. “I never thought I would be able to have such a successful career, especially at such a successful program like Franklin Pierce.
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