2025 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Picked up recognition as a Big Ten Conference All-Tournament Team member following her performance in the league’s postseason event… Garnered CSC Academic All-District honors… Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Started all 21 matches in goal for the Nittany Lions in 2025… Amassed 1,825:12 minutes between the pipes, finishing the season with a 1.23 goals-against average and 60 saves… Posted a .706 save percentage while compiling a 10-8-3 individual record… Recorded three shutouts and helped Penn State post six total shutouts as a team… Played the majority of the minutes in Penn State’s 2025 campaign, anchoring a defense that limited opponents to 25 goals across 21 matches… Helped lead the Nittany Lions to a 10-8-3 overall record and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
Saint Louis (8/21): Helped the Nittany Lions win their first match of the season, logging 69 minutes between the posts, stifling four shots and allowing one goal in the contest… West Virginia (8/24): Saw all 90 minutes of action against the Mountaineers, recording two saves and allowing one goal en route to a 3-1 victory… at Liberty (9/7): Helped secure the Nittany Lions’ first road win of the year, playing 85 minutes, recording two saves and not allowing a goal against the Flames on the road… at Northwestern (9/28): Propelled the Nittany lions to a 2-1 win against B1G opponent Northwestern, tallying her highest number of saves in a win during the season, turning away five shots against the Wildcats on the road… at Rutgers (10/4): Led the Nittany Lions to a 2-1 victory over the Scarlet Knights with four saves in 90 minutes of action, tallying back-to-back wins on the road… at Purdue (10/16): Played the entire 90 minutes in net for the Nittany Lions, earning a three-save shutout against the Boilermakers at Folk Field… Ohio State (10/26): Saw all 90 minutes of action against the Buckeyes, turning away three shots, leading the Nittany Lions to a 2-0 shutout win against their B1G rival at Jeffrey Field… NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Army (11/15): Led the Nittany Lions to their final win of the season, turning away one shot and allowing zero goals in 77 minutes of action in the NCAA Tournament first round.
2024 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Secured the first Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week accolades of her collegiate career on October 15…Named to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week for her efforts during the NCAA Tournament on November 25… Garnered Academic All-B1G recognition in the postseason… Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Served as Penn State’s starting goalkeeper in almost half the Nittany Lions’ matches, opening the year against eighth-ranked Texas Tech before taking a hiatus from collegiate play to participate in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with Team USA… Earned a bronze medal finish with the USYNT at the World Cup held in Colombia… Appeared in 13 matches for the Blue & White in 2024, starting in all 13 of those opportunities… Amassed 1,131 minutes of playing time between the pipes, finishing the year with a 1.11 goals-against average that ranked 11th among B1G goalkeepers and inside the top 125 nationally among qualified shot-stoppers… Booked 53 saves and a 0.791 save percentage, with her 4.08 saves per match standing as the sixth-most in the B1G, while her 0.791 save percentage ranked seventh in the league and inside the top 100 in Division I… Logged a 7-4-2 individual record with a quartet of shutouts in her first season as a regular starter in Happy Valley.
Texas Tech (8/15): Booked her first collegiate start in a pivotal top-10 season-opening matchup, leading the Nittany Lions to a combined shutout in 76 minutes of work between the pipes highlighted by a PK save in the second half of play… Rutgers (10/4): Returned from the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and played all 90 minutes for the first time in her collegiate career, logging four saves against a single goal allowed in the draw… at Maryland (10/10): Secured her first B1G clean sheet in 90 minutes of action against the Terrapins, logging one save in her first solo league win… at UCLA (10/17): Booked one of the most impactful efforts of her collegiate career in 90 minutes on the road against the Bruins, logging a six-save shutout… at Minnesota (11/1): Turned back a career-high eight saves in a true road environment in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament against the Golden Gophers, leading the Nittany Lions to a 1-0 victory to advance… vs. TCU (11/22): Tallied four saves in a complete-match shutout of the Horned Frogs to lift Penn State to a 1-0 victory and propel the Nittany Lions to the Sweet 16 for the eighth year in a row… vs. Vanderbilt (11/24): Saw 90 minutes of action with six saves against a single goal allowed against the Commodores, guiding the Nittany Lions to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive season.
2023 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
Season: Played in four matches for a total of 88 minutes between the pipes... Was instrumental in three combined shutouts against West Chester, Maryland and Central Connecticut State... Finished the season with a perfect 0.00 goals-against average, yielding no opponent scores.
West Chester (8/20): In the 8-0 win, she made her collegiate debut and played for a total of 24 minutes. Monmouth (9/03): Made her second collegiate appearance and played for a total of 26 minutes in the 4-1 win. Maryland (9/15): Saw playing time in the 4-0 win over Big Ten rival Maryland. Central Connecticut State (11/10): Played for a total of 29 minutes in the 7-0 win.
2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Utilized Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Attended Lyndhurst High School in Lyndhurst, N.J... Club team is STA Girls Academy...Selected as 2021 WPSL Eastern Region Goalkeeper of the Year...Ranked No. 17 overall and No. 3 goalkeeper in the 2022 class by TopDrawerSoccer...US National Team experience; Attended training camps with the U14 and U16 USYNT... played for the U16 USYNT in the UEFA Tournament in England... part of the U18 USWNT player pool.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Diane and Richard Gress...Majoring in Kinesiology.
WHY PENN STATE
"The second I stepped onto the Penn State campus, I immediately felt at home. The coaches and players create a challenging yet encouraging environment that will push me to become a better person and player. I knew that the culture of the Penn State women's soccer family would drive me to reach my goals on and off the field. This program is the best in the country, and I can't wait to represent it!"