Vardar North Players and opponents pause to honor Carolynn Cosan
On 5/14/2010, Vardar North lost a great family member. Carolynn Ashley Cosan, born May 1, 1992 was involved in a fatal car accident which left our soccer community grieving.
Carolynn was a valuable member of our Vardar North family. She was a senior at Mount Pleasant High School where she played varsity soccer for all four years. Her leadership skills earned her the captainship of the team at her High School. Carolynn was accepted at Northern Michigan University to play varsity soccer for the Wildcats beginning Fall 2010. She was the first woman from MPHS to receive a soccer scholarship to play at a Division I/II University. Carolynn has been playing soccer since she was eight years old. She has been playing with Vardar North for the past four years. In addition to playing soccer, Carolynn also gave back to the soccer community by serving as a USSF-certified soccer referee.
In the winter, however, her love was snowboarding. Her friends and family will always remember their trips to Caberfae, Boyne, Marquette Mountain, Colorado, and Utah to enjoy the thrill of winter sports. Carolynn was a certified snowboard instructor and a hunter who liked to hunt turkeys, deer, ducks and geese. Her other activities included Girl Scouts, track, cross country, and softball. In addition, she was a Junior dog handler and a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Carolynn is survived by her parents, Robert and Kip Cosan and her sister, Jaclynn. She will be greatly missed by all of us at Vardar North.