Senior Profile: Holly Gault

Nov. 1, 2006

For the next week, kuathletics.com will profile the five Jayhawk seniors. Today, forward Holly Gault is in the spotlight.

Name
Holly Gault

Height
5-foot-6

Position
Forward

Hometown
Spring Hill, Kan.

Club Team
KCFC Alliance Metro Blues

Career Honors
All-Big 12 Tenth Anniversary Team
Four-time All-Big 12 Selection
Three-time NSCAA All-Central Region
Two-time Academic All-Big 12
2006 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
2005 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second Team
2005 Soccer Buzz All-Central Region First Team
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/31/05)
2004 All-America First Team
2004 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
2003 Freshman All-America
2003 Central Region All-Freshman Team
2003 All-Big 12 Newcomer Team

Best thing about playing soccer at KU:
I have the best teammates.

I chose KU because:
I loved it here and just knew that it was the place for me.

Favorite male soccer player:
Zinedine Zidane

Team other then the USA you cheered for during the World Cup:
France

If you could do any goal celebration what would it be?
Jump in the stands like in a football game after a touchdown is scored.

Best soccer player ever faced:
Lindsey Tarpley

Closest friend on another team:
Erin Gfeller (Missouri Southern)

Pregame ritual:
Sit back and relax.

Favorite actor:
Adam Sandler

Favorite actress:
Julia Roberts

Favorite TV show:
`Grey’s Anatomy’

Favorite movie:
`Top Gun’

First childhood soccer memory:
Scoring my first goal.

Greatest college soccer memory:
Winning the Big 12 Championship (2004).

Favorite place to eat in Lawrence:
Longhorn Steakhouse

If I could switch places with one person for a day it would be:
Any heart surgeon.

Not many people know this about me:
I can’t swim very well.

Outside of soccer, my greatest talent is:

Trying to dance.

After college I plan on:

Going to medical school.

The thing I’m going to miss most about KU soccer:
What I will miss most about the team is being able to put on the jersey and step out onto the field and play the game that I love with my best friends.