Gina DiTaranto

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Strath-Haven
Hometown:
Wallingford, Pa.

At Delaware: Will continue to add solid support to the Blue Hen midfield • second-year team member.

2012 Season: Saw action in 10 games for the Blue Hens • made collegiate debut on Aug. 19 vs. Georgetown • scored first collegiate goal and game-winning goal on Sept. 2 at Siena • team went 9-8-1 and advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinals for head coach Scott Grzenda.

High School: Four-year starter at midfield and forward at Strath-Haven High School for head coach Dino Miraglia • scored 48 career goals • led team to Central League title in 2010 and 2011 with team placing third in the district playoffs in 2011 • enjoyed an outstanding senior season when she earned NSCAA regional All-American and All-State honors and was named Central League Player of the Year after scoring 15 goals • team captain as a a senior • two-time All-Southeastern Pennsylvania selection • four-time All-Central League and All-Delaware County selection • club team, the FC Pennsylvania Strikers, won four state titles, one regional title, and captured the Under-18 Youth Nationals this past summer • member of the Pennsylvania Olympic Development Program in 2005-10 • honor roll student • earned Danny Murtaugh Award as the most courageous athlete in Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

Personal: Gina Marie DiTaranto ("dee-toronto") • daughter of Jim and Brenda DiTaranto • born Apr. 2, 1994 • exercise science major a Delaware • would like to become a physician's assistant • youngest of three children • brother, Mike, played soccer at Lehigh University • father is an engineer and mother is a nurse.

Career Statistics at Delaware