Gustavus Female Athlete of the DECADE!

The past decade has produced a wealth of exceptional Golden Gustie student-athletes and tlast month, fans had the opportunity to vote for the Gustavus Male and Female Athletes of the Decade for 2010-19. The women’s bracket featured 24 athletes from the 2010-19 era. Women's Soccer had two former athletes in the bracket: Madison Ackiss '17 - a prolific goal scorer, and Ashley Becker '19 - the best goalkeeper to go through the Gustie Soccer program. 

After battling through all the rounds, Ashley Becker '19 was in the championship match-up, and took home the crown of Female Athlete of the Decade!! The Gustie Soccer community came together to bring home the gold in a fierce final. Gustie near and far, young and older, rallied the troops, and we ran away with the voting. In a time where we seem far aways from each other, it was incredible to witness Gustie Soccer coming together to support one of our own!

Each player in our program is unique: unique in their leadership, unique in their learning styles, unique in their path to reach their max potential. We love that all our players are unique and we strive to get to know each player on an individual level to help them adjust to college on and off the field in order to accomplish greatness – and greatness looks different for each player!

Ashley Becker is a great story of thriving under our mission to create an individualized plan to help each player reach their max potential. As a Farmington, MN high school graduate who played for Dakota Rev Club, Ashley came in on a mission to become the best goalkeeper she could be. 

Ashley’s resume is impressive, however her leadership style and ability to bring out the best in her peers on the field is what her legacy is all about. Ashley will be remembered as a player who helped change the course of the program. Who made our goal of re-establishing ourselves at the top of the region attainable. Even more than that, Ashley instilled a sense of belief into every one of her teammates that, within our Gustavus Women’s Soccer program, you can accomplish your dreams and achieve greatness – in whatever way that looks for you.