Naval Academy Athletics

Track & Field Bio (Gatzounas also throws javelin)

Career Honors
2020-21 All-Patriot League Third Team
2019 Navy Classic Most Valuable Player
2018 Navy Classic All-Tournament Team
NAAA Athlete of the Week (11/26/18 ... 12/24/18)
Patriot League Rookie of the Week (12/11/17)
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)

2020-21 (Senior)
Team Captain ... Appeared in and started 11 games … set career-highs in scoring (13.4 points/game), rebounding (7.5 rebounds/game), blocks (1.0 rejections/game) and minutes played (36.4 minutes/game) … averaged 20.7 points over the first three games of the season with a season-high 26 points at George Mason (Nov. 29) followed by 20 at Richmond (Dec. 2) and 16 at William & Mary (Dec. 13) … recorded a double-double at Army (Jan. 24) with 17 points and 10 rebounds over 39 minutes of action scored double digits points in seven games; grabbed seven or more rebounds nine times … shot 46.2 percent (54-117) from the field and 77.5 percent (31-40) from the foul line.

2019-20 (Junior)
Suited up in 26 games with 22 starts … averaged 7.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 25.6 minutes per contest … led the team in field goal percentage (45.5 percent), rebounding average and total blocks (13) … ranked ninth in the Patriot League in field goal shooting … earned MVP honors for the 2019 Navy Classic for averaging 16.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 three-pointers and shooting 59.9 percent (13-22) from the field in action versus Kennesaw State (Nov. 30) and La Salle (Dec. 1) … posted double-doubles at Vermont (Nov. 22) with 16 points and 10 rebounds and against La Salle with 15 points and 10 caroms … netted a season-high 21 points at home versus Lafayette (Feb. 29) on 8-12 shooting from the field and four three-pointers; added seven boards and two steals against the Leopards … reached double figures in points seven times … grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at American (March 4) in Navy’s regular season finale; 10 times she collected seven or more rebounds … saw 665 total minutes of action with 16 appearances with 25 or more minutes, including all 40 minutes versus Army at home (Jan. 25) in the Mids’ victory.

2018-19 (Sophomore)
Saw action in all 29 games for Navy with 26 starts ... scored 7.9 points per game with an average of 24.6 minutes of playing time ... corralled 5.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 45.5% (91-200) from the floor; ranked 10th in the Patriot League for FG percentage ... posted one double-double, a 12-point, 13-rebound performance at Rider (Dec. 2) ... for the year, she scored in double figures 13 times, with a season-high of 22 at Monmouth (Dec. 19) and posted double-digit rebound totals twice, at Rider and at American (10 rebs - March 6) ... as part of her career-high 22-point effort at Monmouth she was 7-10 from the field, 3-5 from three-point range and 5-5 from the foul line ... had 6 or more rebounds in 10 of her first 11 games in 2018-19, finished with 13 overall ... named to the 2018 Navy Classic All-Tournament Team for averaging 14.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals, while shooting 59.0 percent (13-22) from the field in games versus Penn (Nov. 24) and North Carolina A&T (Nov. 25) ... defensively recorded 37 steals with six games of three or more thefts, including a season-high four versus Marist (Nov. 11) ... played in 712 minutes with a season-high of 38 at American (March 6); seven times she surpassed 30 minutes of action. 

2017-18 (Freshman)
Appeared in 30 games with 13 starts as a freshman … started the first 13 games of her freshman campaign for Navy … posted a 6.2 scoring average over 17.7 minutes per game … shot 48.6 percent from the field, 37.8 percent from three-point range and 75.6 percent from the foul line, all three were team-highs for Navy in 2017-18 … tied for second on the team with 4.2 rebounds per game … notched a double-double (20p/11r) in her second career game on Nov. 12 versus Rider (both totals were season-highs) … recorded double-digit point outputs six times and double-digit rebound totals on four occasions … second double-double came at New Mexico (Dec. 10) with 17 points and 11 rebounds … connected for a season-high three three-point field goals (3-6) at Lafayette (Feb. 14) as part of a 16-point game … on the court for 31 minutes at New Mexico (Dec. 10), the most for her in 2017-18.

High School
Graduated from South Hadley High School ... earned four letters in basketball, four in soccer and two in track and field ... in basketball, was part of teams that won its league title in 2016-17 ... the team reached the Western Mass title game ... was named the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Player of the Year, was on the All-Western Mass Starting Five and the All-Division III team as a senior ... scored over 1,000 points in her prep career ... served as the captain of the team in each of her last three seasons ... her high school basketball coach was Paul Dubuc ... twice captained the school’s soccer team ... earned All-Western Mass, all-state (Mass.) and All-New England accolades in the sport as a senior ... also received all-state and All-New England honors in track in 2017 ... won the Western Mass title in the javelin on her way to earning an All-America award in the sport ... was a member of the National Honor Society and the school’s student council.

Personal
Daughter of Mark and Dawn ...  member of the National Honor Society and the school’s student council.