Olivia Gabelein '21 Recruiting Profile

My passion for soccer started when I was very young, dribbling  a ball that was much too big for me and doing my best to emulate what the high school girls were doing during their soccer practice. As I waited for my mom to finish coaching, I began to pick up little things each day from watching the team. As I got older, I started going to my own practices and my love for the game grew even bigger. After 11 years of watching the high school girls play and playing with them throughout the years, I finally got my chance as a Freshmen in high school and that year, we won the State Championship.

Now, I have a great passion for soccer and would love the opportunity to play at the collegiate level. I want to go to a 4 year college/university where I can study Biomedical Engineering. Academics are very important to me and through organization and a great work ethic, I have been able to balance a rigorous school schedule along with club soccer for Pac NW, my competitive high school varsity team, a job (2 days a week), and working out outside of soccer.

I've been called a leader and a versatile player and have played nearly every position since I began club soccer 8 years ago. Freshmen year, I played center back and was voted Most Inspirational; by Junior year, I was playing attacking mid/fwd and was leading scorer and I was voted MVP. I was selected for the All-State team, All-Area 1A-4A, and League Offensive Player of the Year.