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Kathleen Mellano hasn’t let an injury during her junior season at Fallbrook High School deter her from playing college soccer. Although the inactivity due to her torn meniscus deprived her of a college scholarship out of high school, Mellano will be seeking a berth on the Texas Christian University women’s soccer team.

Mellano is a “recruited walk-on” at TCU, meaning that the coach was interested in having her play for the team but had no scholarships available for the 2008 Fallbrook High School graduate. “I hurt myself last year, so it put me back,” she said.

Although Mellano...