Kenzie Bradley was one of the most prolific three-sport female athletes in Catasauqua sports history, notably in the past 20 years.

Known for her durability and agility, Bradley turned a late-blooming track career into a scholarship at Bucknell University.

However, her projected track career with the Bisons didn’t materialize as planned, and Bradley shifted her focus back to her longtime love of basketball. She enrolled at Franklin and Marshall, and began a shift in career there the following winter.

Bradley began to adjust during her sophomore year, but COVID-19 shut down her junior campaign. It came down to her senior season this winter, and Bradley was ready to prove herself.

She began to work her way into the starting lineup when fate struck.

For the first time in her high school and college career, a broken foot in late January sidelined Bradley for the remainder of the season. Bradley injured herself when she collided with another player.

“I shot a three and was fouled,” she recalled. “I didn’t get to shoot the three foul shots. I had an initial X-ray and nothing came up. I figured I could come back soon, but I didn’t know what was wrong with me.

“Two weeks later, I couldn’t walk on it. It was the most severe bone I could have broken.”

From there, it was a time of anxiety.

“It was frustrating,” she noted. “I really wanted to be out there. Two games before it happened, I was starting. I had injured an ankle in high school, but I never was out for a long time.

“It was hard, but I wanted to support my teammates. I really missed the game and couldn’t wait to play this year after we lost last year to COVID.”

At the time of her injury, Bradley was averaging 4.6 points per game and just over three rebounds. She shot 34.1 percent from beyond the three-point arc, good for fifth in the Centennial Conference.

During her sophomore year, Bradley appeared in 13 games and saw limited action.

Her adjustment to F&M was a bit easier than to Bucknell.

“It was different here than Bucknell,” she said. “Bucknell was a fun environment, but I could relate better to everyone at F&M, and I really developed some good friends here.

“At Bucknell, it was hard to talk about something outside track. Basketball is an easier sport for me to talk about, and easier with everyone.”

Bradley equated the transition to Division III basketball as an easy task,

“It is like playing at the AAU level coming from high school,” said Bradley, who played for the AAU In the Zone team. “It really wasn’t a big step to take.”

In all likelihood, though, Bradley’s sports career is over. She has accepted a remote position for Lockheed Martin after her graduation in May.

She’ll relish her Catasauqua days as a field hockey, basketball and track standout. Bradley was one of a few Catty players with 100 career three-pointers as well as capturing a league championship in the long jump and being part of a league-winning 4X100 relay team. The foursome lost the event in districts by one-hundredth of a second.

“I’m done with sports for now,” she stressed. “I want to focus on work, and I don’t know if I would have had the time.

“I could be anywhere with my job, and I like to travel. Maybe I’ll play some intramurals if I can to stay in shape. I also would have to see about coaching someday. I would like to help out.

“I’ll always have my Catty memories.”

Many people also will have sports memories about her.