Scoring Goals: High Schooler Returns to Soccer After Torn ACL [Video]

There may be nothing high school athletes fear more than hearing that their dream of playing college or professional sports is shattered due to an injury. The thought flashed like lightning through Megan Grant’s mind when she went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a high school soccer game.

Today, following knee surgery and rehabilitation at Baptist Health Orthopedic Care in Plantation, the 16-year-old is not only back on the field, but she is in the midst of college sports recruiting.

(Watch now: Following knee surgery and rehabilitation at Baptist Health Orthopedic Care in Plantation, 16-year-old Megan Grant is not only back on the field, she’s also in the midst of college sports recruiting.)

“At first I thought I wasn’t going to be able to come back ― that I might not ever play soccer again,” says Ms. Grant, who lives in Sunrise. “But today my soccer career is going really well, and I’m focused on getting recruited …