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Natalia Gaitán

Natalia Gaitán

  • Class
    2012
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Soccer
Natalia Gaitan was a two-time second-team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region and All-Mid-American Conference honoree who played in two Olympics and two World Cups for her native Colombia. Twice named Toledo’s top defender, Gaitan led the Rockets to a MAC championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance as a junior in 2011. She is also one of only two Rockets to be named to the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio First Team on more than one occasion (2011, 2012). Gaitan moved into a starting role for the Rockets as a freshman, then earned second-team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region honors. As a junior, she was named first-team All-MAC and repeated as a second-team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region honoree. In her senior year, Gaitan was second on the team in goals (4) and total points (8), and was named second-team All-MAC.  She was an integral part of a Toledo squad that advanced to the MAC Tournament Semifinals for the seventh-consecutive season. Gaitan also represented her native Colombia as a team captain on the world’s biggest stages at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and the 2011 and 2015 FIFA World Cups before going on to enjoy a stellar career in professional soccer. An outstanding student, Gaitan earned Academic All-America Third Team honors as a senior in 2012. A three-time Academic All-MAC selection, Gaitan graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.93 GPA in business.
 
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