KayAnne Gummersall
- School
- Duke University
- Position
- Forward
- Major
- Political Science
- G
- 6
- A
- 2
- PTS
- 14
Classroom
Gummersall owns a 3.245 grade point average. She is a two-time ACC Honor Roll member and was a 2008 selection for the All-ACC Academic Team. She is interested in marketing and/or public relations (outside of soccer and possibly playing in the WPS). She worked for the investment bank Merrill Lynch this summer. She would like to attend business school at some point in the future (but wants to work for a few years before).
Character
Gummersall is one of four captains in 2009 as voted on by teammates.
Community
Gummersall is one of two co-chairs for Duke’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), which is the voice for student-athletes for the ACC and NCAA. She plans and runs the monthly meetings and is in charge of Project Share and other fundraisers. She was a part of a group of students who wrote a paper/conducted an experiment before the 2008 presidential election. The paper has been submitted to some of the top polysci journals in the county. Gummersall works with her sorority, Tri-Delta, to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital. She helped raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. She volunteered/taught/played soccer with a disabled (blind) child. She also does tutoring at Saulding Elementary, participates in Read with the Blue Devils and administers clinics with the team.
Competition
Gummersall is one of the top goal scorers in Duke history. She is tied for ninth on Duke’s career goals list with 23; her 34 points in 2008 is the fourth-highest total in school history, She notched 15 goals in 2008 to tie for third on Duke’s single-season ledger. Along with teammate Elisabeth Redmond, the duo registered 27 goals, which is the highest-scoring tandem in Blue Devil history. In 2008, Gummersall was named named to the Soccer Buzz second team All-Southeast Region team, TopDrawerSoccer.com third team, NSCAA/adidas All-Region third team, and ACC first team. She helped lead Duke to the NCAA College Cup quarterfinals in back-to-back seasons for the first time in school history. She has played in 63 career matches, started 37 and totaled 53 career points.
