< PreviousKENTUCKY 68 @UKFootball W omen’s soccer star Jordyn Rhodes has faced her share of challenges at Ken- tucky. But as the fifth-year begins final sea- son in Lexington, personal milestones are on the horizon and a collective aspiration for progress endures. It is opening night for Kentucky women’s soccer and the public address is introducing the first starting lineup of the 2023 season. On a roster which features 11 freshmen and 12 transfers, many of the names being read are unfamiliar to the ears of Big Blue Na- tion, yet, there is one that player on the field whose identity is acutely recognizable. “A graduate-student from South Leb- anon, Ohio, number thirty, Jordynnnn Rhooodddeess!” Rhodes, 22, is back for her fifth year in the blue and white and, while the team results have not always been there for the Wildcats during her career, the forward has undoubtedly positioned herself among the greats of Kentucky soccer. Entering 2023, Rhodes ranks third in pro- gram history with 36 career goals scored. She has led, or co-led Kentucky in goals in each of her first four seasons and, back when she received the recognition in 2020, became the program’s first All SEC First- Team selection since Arin Gilliland in 2014. Among her other accolades, Rhodes was picked to the Mac Hermann Watch List in 2020-21 and was selected to the 2021 Unit- ed Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team. She is also one of just three players in UK history to register two career hat tricks. Yet, for all that the native of suburban Cincinnati has accomplished at UK, Rhodes almost never made it to the Bluegrass in the first place. During her sophomore year at Kings High School, Rhodes made her initial commitment to Indiana University. But, when the Hoosiers underwent a coach- ing change, a decision was made to part ways with Indiana right around the time of Rhodes’ high school graduation. Thinking that, because it was so late in the recruiting process, she may have lost the opportunity to play collegiately, Rhodes contemplated attending IU as a student only. Kentucky, however, reached out and two weeks later Rhodes was officially a Wildcat. “It was a very fast process, but it was probably one of the best decisions that I’ve made.” Rhodes re- calls. “I’ve loved everything that I’ve experienced here at Kentucky.” That Kentucky experience has been a whirlwind. Rhodes has played under two coach- ing staffs and had countless team- mates. She has gone from a fresh- man trying to prove herself to a veteran leader charged with helping transform the team’s culture. Through all the transformation one thing has been consistent. Jordyn Rhodes scoring goals. Always a dynamic presence on the offensive end, Rhodes scored twice in her very first collegiate game and hasn’t looked back since. “I never expected to score this many goals,” Rhodes said. “Coming in as a fresh- man off of a really strange recruiting process I felt I owed it to myself to try and make an immediate impact, so I was glad that I was able to do that.” While the SEC wins have been hard to come by (Kentucky has just three during Rhodes’ first four years), there have been ob- vious moments of success as well. Rhodes’ fondly recalls a match against Florida in the 2020 SEC Tournament that, although it end- ed in a loss, she calls the favorite game of her career. “Just the fact that we kept fighting and we took it to overtime,” Rhodes, who had a hat- trick in the 5-6 loss, said. “The intensity and drive that our team showed, I thought it was a game that we could use to help slingshot ourselves forward.” Forward is where Rhodes and the Cats hope to go in 2023, and despite the chal- lenge of building chemistry on a roster that has spent such limited time together, they’re off to a solid start. Through the team’s open- ing three games, the Wildcats have posted two wins and a draw. Rhodes, for her part, has already scored four goals, bringing her within four of the all-time goals record held by Kim LaBelle at 44. “I never came in with that [setting the program record] goal,” Rhodes said. “I kind of just take it one game at a time. It’s not my main goal of this season to break the record, it’s more, ‘What can I do to help the team succeed?’ I think all our outside backs and wingers can cross great balls in [to the box] and I try to be on the end of them because they are always great scoring opportunities. I have been very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time, so hopefully that continues.” Whether it be scoring goals or helping communicate the lofty standards that come with being a student-athlete at Kentucky to the slew of newcomers, Rhodes is excited for all that comes with her last hurrah as a collegiate soccer player. When she does finally take off the Ken- tucky kit for the final time, she hopes the leg- acy she leaves is one of perseverance and grit. “We’ve had a lot of adversity throughout my career,” Rhodes reflects. “I think just be- ing a representative of the fact that is okay to have challenges, but also using that to get to a point where we don’t have to deal with adversity as often.” By Greg Welsh UK Athletics Communications and Public Relations A Journey of Winding RhodesLISTEN LIKE YOU’RE THERE FROM PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, DON’T MISS A MINUTE OF IT ALL Your favorite college teams in the Southeastern Conference are just a touch away on SiriusXM SEC Radio . Listen to live play-by-play coverage, game-changing hosts and 24/7 talk and analysis in your car or anywhere you go on the SXM App. Learn more at siriusxm.com/secfootball © 2023 Sirius XM Radio Inc. SiriusXM, Pandora and all related logos are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its respective subsidiaries. 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