Cherry grew up in Lafayette, Indiana.[1] She attended Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School where she was a standout in both soccer and basketball.[1] She tied the school's single-season record with 22 goals as a freshman in 2018.[2] In 2019, she broke the record with 32 goals and added 20 assists as she led Central Catholic to their first IHSAA Class 1A state title game appearance.[3] She was also named the Journal & Courier Small School Player in the Year in basketball after averaging 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals per game as a sophomore.[4] After her sophomore year, she committed to play college soccer for the Louisville Cardinals.[3]
Cherry helped lead Central Catholic to their first state championship in her junior year in 2020, scoring 31 goals with 24 assists, and was named the Journal & Courier Player of the Year.[5] She broke her own record with 39 goals in her senior year in 2021, again being named the Journal & Courier Player of the Year, as she established a Tippecanoe County career record with 124 goals.[6] While she mainly played forward for Central Catholic, she played defender for club Indiana Fire Academy.[3] She was named ECNL all-conference multiple times.[7]
College career
Cherry started 14 games and scored 3 goals for the Louisville Cardinals as a freshman in 2022, ranking second on the team in scoring.[1] She played in all 18 games, starting 17, as a sophomore in 2023.[1] She started all 18 games and scored 6 goals with 1 assist as a junior in 2024, ranking third in minutes played and second in scoring.[1] In her senior year in 2025, she started 19 games and scored 3 goals with 4 assists.[1] That year, she was team captain as the Cardinals set program scoring records and came one game short of matching their highest win total.[8] Louisville earned their first ACC tournament berth since 2020 and first NCAA tournament berth since 2019.[9] In the NCAA tournament, she converted a penalty in the shootout against Kentucky to reach the second round for the third time in program history, where she had an assist in the loss to Kansas.[9] She was named second-team All-ACC and second-team All-American, the program's first All-American selection since Emina Ekić in 2020.[9]
Club career
Angel City FC announced on January 7, 2026, that they had signed Cherry to her first professional contract on a three-year deal.[10]
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