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Karli Gutsche Season 2015
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Karli Gutsche Season 2015
PositionDEFENDER
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownLithia, Fla.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- All-SEC Freshman Team (2016)
- Top Drawer National Team of the Week (Oct. 4, 2016)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
- Missed the entirety of the 2017 season
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
- Made 22 appearances and started 19 at the heart of the defense
- Logged 1,751 minutes of play on the year
- Went the distance in 17 of the final 19 matches of the season
- Keyed seven shutouts on the season as a centerback
- Amassed three points by way of a goal and an assist
- Took six shots with two on target (.333)
- Made career debut at South Alabama (8/)
- Earned first career start versus USC (9/4)
- Tabbed Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after netting first career goal in 1-0 shutout win against Missouri (9/30)
- Earned first career assist in 4-1 win versus UConn in the NCAA Tournament (11/18)
- Named All-SEC Freshman Team
2015
- Redshirted for her first year on campus with the Tigers
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM
- Invited to U.S. Soccer National Training Centers from 2011 through 2013
ODP
- Member of ODP Inter-Regional camp in 2014
- 2013 Region III camp for Germany
- 2012 Region III team camp for Costa Rica
- 2012 Florida ODP state team captain
CLUB
- Played for ECNL West Florida Flames under head coach Jorge Zavala
- Part of Florida State Cup runner-up team and Disney Showcase champion teams in 2011 and 2012
- Became a Florida State Cup champion in 2013, while also qualifying for the ECNL National Championship in Richmond, Va.
- Was team captain for 2013-14
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played for Newsome High School under head coach Kelly Townsend
- Scored 14 goals and nine assists during senior year
- 2014 Tampa Tribune Hillsborough County Player of the Year
- 2014 Tampa Bay Times First-Team All-Star
- Scored team-leading 21 goals and notched 10 assists during 2013 season
- 2013 Hillsborough County First-Team All-Star
- Positioned as a sweeper during freshman and sophomore seasons, finding the back of the net a combined 25 times with 13 assists, 15 coming in 2012
- Reached the regional quarterfinals in 2011 and 2012
- 2012 Hillsborough County First-Team All-Star
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Peter and Dawn Gutsche
- Has one sister, Karina, and one brother, Josef
- Father, Peter, played professional soccer in Mexico and the United States
- Mother, Dawn, played soccer at the University of Tampa
- Sister, Karina, played soccer at the University of Florida
- Enrolled in the College of Education