Name: Gwen Svekis
Position: Catcher
Sport: Softball
Discipline(s): Softball
Height: 5'9"
DOB: 6/1/1996
Hometown: Davie, Fla.
College: Oregon - 2018
World Championship Experience
  • 2022 World Games Alternate
  • World Cup of Softball Participant
Other Career Highlights
  • First time member of Team USA
  • All-Pac-12 Freshman Team (2015)
  • Member of 2016 Women's Elite Team
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COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS

2018: NFCA First Team All-American, NFCA National Catcher of the Year, First Team All-Pac-12, First Team All-Pacific Region

2017: Third Team All-Pac-12, Third Team All-Pacific Region

2016: Second Team All-Pacific Region

2015: Honorable Mention All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All Freshman

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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

- Drafted No. 3 overall to the Chicago Bandits in the 2018 NPF draft

GET TO KNOW GWEN SVEKIS

Best advice she's ever received: Laugh as often as possible

Favorite sport besides softball: Ice hockey

My favorite activities: reading, fishing, hiking, painting

Favorite meal or snack: steak with mashed potatoes or pita chips with goat cheese

Favorite music to listen to: Classic/Modern Rock because it's good music with real instruments

Fun facts: Last gift bought was a lamp for best friends birthday, last home cooked meal was chicken fried rice

Guilty Pleasure: Dairy Queen soft served ice cream