Gretchen Gilmore Season 2023

CAREER
Named Co-Offensive Player of the Week by the IL/IWLCA and Big Ten (3/21) in 2023... Named to second team All-Big Ten in 2023... Selected as a USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention in 2023.

2024- SENIOR SEASON
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/13): Notched one goal...Colorado (2/16): Earned seventh career hat trick...Pitt (2/20): Recorded on draw control...Princeton (2/26): Scored two goals...at Drexel (2/28): Notched two goals...Earned one caused turnover...at Loyola (3/2): Picked up her ninth career hat trick with four goals...at Rutgers (3/9): Recorded second consecutive game with four goals...Earned one assist...at Lehigh (3/12): Notched one assist...Northwestern (3/22): Scored one goal and recorded one assist...at Ohio State (3/28): Netted two goals...Vanderbilt (4/3): Notched a hat trick and one assist...Earned one caused turnover...Michigan (4/6): Recorded one caused turnover and one draw control...at Maryland (4/13): Netted a hat trick...Johns Hopkins (4/18): Earned her 100th career point...Registered a hat trick and three assists.

2023 - JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named Co-Offensive Player of the Week by the IL/IWLCA and Big Ten (3/21)... Named to second team All-Big Ten... Selected as a USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention... Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Season: Played in 14 games and started in 13 before suffering a season-ending injury against Michigan... Scored 27 goals, added 12 assists, scooped 15 ground balls, forced nine turnovers and won five draw controls. 

Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Scored one goal... notched two draw controls and two caused turnovers. Drexel (2/18): Netted one goal...added a caused turnover and ground ball. Duquesne (2/21): Scored one goal. Arizona State (2/24): Earned two goals. Loyola (3/4): Scored two goals...notched one ground ball. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Earned one goal and her first assist of the season...forced two turnovers and scooped up two ground balls. vs. Rutgers (3/11): Posted a career high three assists. Towson (3/14): Scored career high four goals and added two assists combining for a career high six points. at Princeton (3/18): Broke her previous career high from last game scoring six goals...caused two turnovers and picked up a ground ball. at Pittsburgh (3/21): Tied previous career high from earlier this season with three assists. Ohio State (3/25): Tallied career high seven points with four goals and three assists...caused two turnovers and collected two ground balls. at Northwestern (3/30): Earned a hat trick with three goals. Cornell (4/2): Notched two ground balls and added a goal. at Michigan (4/8): Scored a goal and gathered three ground balls.

2022 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Appeared in all 15 games and started ten…Recorded 19 goals, six assists, five ground balls, three caused turnovers and two draw controls.

Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Notched one goal... Picked up one ground ball. at Duquesne (2/23): Netted two goals and scooped a ground ball at Cornell (2/26): Scored one goal...Picked up a ground ball... at Loyola Maryland (3/5): Scored two goals James Madison (3/9): Scored one goal. Saint Joseph's (3/12): Tallied one goal and one assist at Towson (3/15): Netted her first hat trick. Princeton (3/19): Scooped up two ground balls and tallied two caused turnovers. at Ohio State (3/26): Scored two goals and caused one turnover Northwestern (4/1): Made one assist at Maryland (4/7): Scored a goal. Pitt (4/12): Tallied two goals and an assist Michigan (4/16):  Caused a turnover at Rutgers (4/23): Scored a career-high five points with her second hat trick and a career-best two assists... Also caused a turnover and scooped the ground ball.

2021 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 12 games, making seven starts…Collected five goals, one assist, six ground balls, 19 draw controls and two caused turnovers.
 
Game-By-Game: Maryland (2/21): Scored one goal. at Northwestern (3/11): Recorded a career-high seven draw controls and one ground ball. at Northwestern (3/13): Posted two goals…Collected three draw controls. Michigan (3/19): Captured two draw controls and caused one turnover. Michigan (3/21): Picked up two ground balls…Recorded two draw controls and one caused turnover. at Johns Hopkins (4/7): Notched one goal and two draws. Maryland (4/11): Registered an assist, two draws and a ground ball. Johns Hopkins (4/18): Tallied a goal…Scooped up two ground balls…Added a draw control.

High School:
Played at Glen Ridge High School for head coach Beth Larkin…Led Glen Ridge to Essex County Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019...Helped Glen Ridge to three Super Essex Conference titles and three North Group 1 finals…Was a US Lacrosse All-American as a junior…Earned first-team All-State, first-team All-Conference and All-County Tournament Team honors as a junior…As a sophomore, claimed first-team All-Conference honors…Named first-team NJ Group 1 honors as a sophomore…Was a first-team All-Conference selection as a freshman…Collected 98 goals, 27 assists, 141 draw controls and 58 ground balls as a junior…Tallied 74 goals, 30 assists, 150 draw controls and 60 ground balls as a sophomore…Recorded 53 goals, eight assists, 129 draw controls and 29 ground balls as a freshman…Rated as a five-star prospect and the No. 13 overall prospect in the 2020 class by Inside Lacrosse...Played for the Metro Blue Magic club team.
 
Personal:
Full name is Gretchen Swiss Gilmore…Daughter of Catherine and John Gilmore…Has two brothers, Colin and Cameron…Father, John, ran track at New Hampshire…Majoring in advertising with a minor in sports studies.
 
Why Penn State?
“I chose Penn State because of the endless academic opportunities, the incredible sports facilities, the family atmosphere and the team dynamic.”
 
Doherty on Gilmore:
“Gretchen is a talented attacker who plays with a maturity beyond her years. Her composure and decision making are incredibly impressive and we are looking forward to her scoring many goals for the Blue and White.”