No one embodies the saying “hard work pays off” more than WOW Brooke Pyles ’26. Now a senior at Chadwick, she has grown into one of the school’s most dedicated soccer players.
Pyles started her soccer career at just two years old, taking lessons at a local park. When she got older, she went on to play in AYSO with her dad as her first coach.
“My dad is probably my biggest inspiration when it comes to soccer. He played a little bit growing up, and he played division one football, so he is very sports-minded,” she explains. “He was like my coach when I was little, and he still trains with me in high school. He pushes me, sometimes too much, but he definitely holds me accountable for that and tells me how to get better, and that has helped me a lot.
Pyles now plays for FRAM Soccer Club and Chadwick’s varsity girls soccer team as an outside-back. This past season as a captain, she recorded 10 points and received a Player of the Match award in a game against Westridge.
“My favorite part about soccer is probably my friends, honestly. There’s a certain satisfaction in doing something hard with someone else that I don’t get when I’m alone,” says Pyles. “I have met so many people, and I feel like they’re all very like-minded people, and they’re usually very nice. They’re my built-in friends.”
Pyles made many memories with her Chadwick teammates during her four years on the team, but her favorite is undoubtedly the team’s trip to Korea and Japan in 2025 to play in a tournament with Chadwick International students. “I remember winning the trophy,” she says, “but my favorite part was exploring Korea and Japan with my team.”
Pyles’s coaches have nothing but praise for her and what she has brought to her team. “[Pyles] is the person who has her head up and notices all amongst our team, she knows when others need support, a laugh, a hug, or a reminder to hold standards high,” says Kely Jacobson, the Chadwick varsity girls soccer head coach. “She has played through every kind of illness and pain threshold imaginable because she simply will not let her team down; she is the pillar of consistent excellence.”
Pyles’s determination and dedication were on display in the middle of her junior season, when she pulled both of her quads.
“That was a really hard time for me because I was still playing, but I couldn’t play well. I couldn’t run,” she said. “It was right in the recruiting time, when you go to all the showcases and camps. I remember going to one camp, and it was horrible. I couldn’t move. That was probably my hardest soccer challenge, but it worked out.”
Pyles is now committed to playing Division III soccer at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) next year. She plans on studying mechanical engineering.
“A lot of school teams can’t support that because engineering is such a difficult, time-consuming major,” explains Pyles. “So, as I went through the recruiting process, I knew I wanted to go to a school that was an all-engineering school, so every girl on the team was majoring in engineering.”
When asked about what she’s looking forward to most about playing in college, Pyles says, “Getting to do hard things with really cool people. The opportunity to challenge myself is very motivating for me. When I do something that I didn’t think I could do, I’m like ‘Oh my gosh, I can do this.’ And I met a bunch of my teammates, and I’m very excited to play with them.”
Pyles hopes to bring her experiences with Chadwick soccer to MSOE. “The team environment is super unique, in my opinion, because everybody on the team is cheering for you,” she says. “I don’t know that I’ve ever played in an environment quite like it. Every single person on the team is your best friend, and I hope I continue to uphold that.”
