Saginaw Valley State University

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Waverly HighSchool under coach Terry Hadley...earned seven varsity letters insoftball, basketball and track...junior year in softball selectedteam captain, all-conference, finished first in extra base hits(24/8HR) and stolen bases (52) and was 11th in batting average(.491), tied the MHSAA softball record for most runs scored in aseason (65), was Lansing State Journal Final Prep Statistics FinalLeader (5/30) and named to Lansing State Journal DreamTeam...sophomore year finished first in stolen bases (30) eighth inextra bases (18) and batting average (.468), named all-conference,all-area honorable mention and was Lansing State Journal Final PrepStatistics Final leader (5/9)...freshman season was third in stolenbases (27), seventh in batting average (.468), namedall-conference, all-area honorable mention and was Lansing StateJournal Final Prep Statistics Final Leader (5/8)...wasall-conference academic all four years, a scholar athlete, earnedhigh scholastic achievement for GPA, nominated Student-Athlete ofthe Week for Softball and Track by WLNS-Channel TV 6 of Lansing(5/19), selected Wendy's Heisman Student Scholar Athlete &Academic Award School Winner (10/25) and subsequent state finalist(10/29)...majoring in occupational therapy...daughter of DarrollGatson and Vicky Stickler-Gatson...born 6/6/93.