Gray, GMU helping to raisebreast cancer awareness

By Steve Sherman,
Sports Editor

George Mason University (GMU) sophomore Katie Gray of New Hope and her GMU Patriots women’s soccer team are trying to raise awareness for breast cancer.
You might remember Gray from her days with the New Hope-Solebury soccer team that won three consecutive Bicentennial Athletic League (BAL) titles before capturing the district championship in 2006.
Compiling 45 goals and 63 assists during her high school career, Gray was a first team All-BAL player from 2004 to ’06. She was also the recipient of the Tony Brandariz Scholarship and the Community Association Top Female Soccer Player Scholarship.
New Hope’s Lady Lions advanced to the state quarterfinals during Katie’s senior season.
Gray was recruited by Miami of Ohio, St. John's, Drake and New Jersey Institute of Technology but chose George Mason instead. She is currently a midfielder for GMU, which went 5-13-2 in the fall.
Katie got into 12 of the Patriots’ games last year, coming off the bench last September to score her first and only collegiate goal in a 9-1 rout of Howard.
The Patriots currently have spring season battles pending against Georgetown and Bucknell on April 5 and an April 8 date versus Navy.
After a 10-day break, GMU gets back into action on April 18 in the Kicks Against Breast Cancer tournament at the Maryland Soccer Plex in Germantown. The fundraising tourney requires a minimum of $1,000 donation per team. The Patriots will play Old Dominion at 10 a.m. followed by Stony Brook at 11 a.m.
“The tournament provides Mason with great spring season competition, but most importantly proceeds benefit Howard County General Hospital's Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center, which is a non-profit organization,” said Gray.
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