Union College Athletics

In four years as a starter with the Union women's soccer and softball teams, Julie Gawronski did a lot to ensure her teams didn't lose. So much so, in fact, that her teams boasted a combined 183-33-5 (.839) record and reached seven NCAA Tournaments during her time in Schenectady from 2002-06.
 
Gawronski was a force in the outfield for the Union softball team, where she was named the program's first and (to date) only NFCA All-America first-team selection in 2005. A three-time NFCA All-Region selection and two-time Liberty League Player of the Year, she graduated as the school's all-time leader in seven different categories and still ranks top-four in nearly every statistical category: second in runs batted in (121); third in runs scored (123), home runs (18), triples (9) and total bases (282); and fourth in batting average (.410), slugging percentage (.645), on-base percentage (.463), hits (179) and doubles (31).
 
Gawronski's job on the soccer field was to prevent goals, and she did that better than arguably any other player in school history. She posted a 61-8-5 record with 31 shutouts as a four-year starter with a miniscule 0.52 goals against average in more than 6,629 minutes between the posts, holding school records in all of those categories. A two-time NSCAA All-Region selection and three-time All-Liberty League pick, she owns the three-highest single-season win totals in school history, including a 19-2-1 mark in 2004 that featured an incredible 15 shutouts and only seven goals allowed in nearly 2,000 minutes of action.
 
In addition to her exploits in competition, Gawronski was a four-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection (the second-most in school history) and also was named a CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team honoree in softball to cap her career.