Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Katie Gurba enters her second athletic season at Rutgers-Camden during her freshman year, where she will play a valuable role as a versatile member of the Scarlet Raptors’ softball team. A goalie on the women’s soccer team last fall, Gurba is a corner outfielder and a corner infielder on the softball diamond.
 
Soccer 2014: Started all 11 of her games as the Scarlet Raptors’ goalie…Played 956:50 minutes and allowed 13 goals for a 1.22 goals-against average…Made 44 saves for a .772 percentage…Faced 127 shots…Compiled five shutouts and a 4-5-1 record…Made her collegiate debut during the Raptors’ 3-1 loss to the host team at the Castleton State College Tournament (Aug. 30)…Faced 16 shots and made three saves…Collected her first collegiate win and shutout in a 3-0 victory over Elms College (Sept. 6), facing six shots and making one save…Faced 13 shots and made her season high of eight saves during a 1-0 win over Widener University (Sept. 11)…Made three saves in a 0-0 tie at Washington College (Sept. 17) and five saves in a 1-0 loss to William Paterson University (Sept. 20)…Named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Rookie of the Week Sept. 29 after posting a pair of 1-0 shutouts the previous week…Blanked Cabrini College, 1-0, on Sept. 24 by making six saves…Also posted a 1-0 shutout over New Jersey City University (Sept. 27) with two saves…Became the Raptors’ first NJAC Rookie of the Week since Katie Angelosante on Oct. 24, 2011…In her final game faced a season-high 23 shots and made four saves in a 4-0 loss against Rowan University (Oct. 1)…Overall, out of her five defeats, she three of them came by one goal and the Raptors were blanked in three of them.
 
High School: Four-sport letterman at Holy Cross High School, playing four years of soccer and softball, three in basketball and one in bowling…Played soccer for coaches Richard McConnell, Colin Hinkelman, Sergio Torres, Chris Zipoli and Kara Hinkelman, earning team MVP honors three times and capturing a Coaches Award honor…Played softball under coaches Walter Walsh, Thomas Guida, Tiffany Rhea and Jim Nolan, capturing the Charlie Hustle Award, the Spirit Award and the Sister Joan Scholarship Award…Played basketball for coaches Fred Phillips, Jack Fleischer, Frank Monaghan, Sam Bishop and Steph Deisley…Served as the varsity team captain in basketball, soccer and softball…Academically, earned Honors with Distinction…National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Kathleen “Katie” Gurba…Born October 21, 1995…Nursing major at Rutgers-Camden…After completing her BSN, she plans to pursue her Masters while working on the floor as an RN at Jefferson, Cooper or CHOP…Katie is the daughter of Patricia and Andrew Gurba of Westampton.