Charlotte Silverman ‘10 is hanging out with Kristine Lilly.

“It’s inspiring to be coached by such amazing players,” said Charlotte Silverman, 17, who has attended Lilly’s camp since its inception. This year, Silverman will join Lilly’s ranks as a coach.

“It was hard not to be motivated by the people who are the best at the game,” Silverman said. “Especially after they won the World Cup, you began to realize these are really amazing people and you really aspired to be like them.”

Silverman recounted a moment at the opening game of the 1999 World Cup at Giants Stadium in New Jersey when Lilly stepped onto the field for warm-ups and waved to Silverman, sitting among thousands in the stands.

“I will never forget that,” Silverman said.

Silverman will graduate from Joel Barlow High School in Redding June 21 and in the fall will play for the women’s soccer team at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. The school is seeded fourth in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Good luck in the fall.