It is common for high school athletes to play multiple sports during their four-year career.
Marquette women’s soccer first-year forward Kate Gibson is no different, as she was a tri-sport athlete at St. Teresa Academy in Gibson’s home town of Kansas City, Missouri.
But when it came time to pick which sport she would stick with at the collegiate level, Gibson chose soccer over basketball and softball.
“Soccer was always what I wanted to do, I had always wanted to play in college. I loved playing sports and being busy over the years,” Gibson said. “They all add different things and I think that helped with soccer, having arm strength for basketball and softball, where as I am not really going to get that in soccer practice.