Gabrielle Fanning

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
D
Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Crystal Lake, Ill.
High School:
Prairie Ridge
Club Team:
Crystal Lake Force

• 2022 United Soccer Coaches Women's Scholar All-North/Central Region Second Team
• 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022)
• 2022 All-Horizon League First Team
• 2022 Horizon League All-Tournament Team
• 2020, 2021 All-Horizon League Second Team
• 2019-20 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
• 2017-18, 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

2022: Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... Earned All-Horizon League First Team honors ... Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team ... Appeared and started in all 19 matches ... Became the program leader with 83 career games played and 80 starts ... Recorded 90 minutes for the 'Dons in 11 matches ... Anchored the Mastodon defense in a program-best eight shutouts, including Horizon League shutouts against Robert Morris (Sept. 22), Milwaukee (Oct. 1), Northern Kentucky (Oct. 6), Green Bay (Oct. 16) and Detroit Mercy (Oct. 22).

Fall 2021: Appeared and started in all 19 matches ... Played in 1677 minutes, which is most among field players ... Played in 110 minutes against Chicago State on Sept. 10 and against Green Bay on Oct. 17 ... Played a role in four shutouts, which is tied for second most in program history ... Took one shot against Robert Morris.

Spring 2021: Played in eight matches and started in all eight ... Participated in all 110 minutes against Oakland (March 30) ... Assisted on two goals and had one shot.

2019: Played in 18 matches and started in 16 ... Played over 90 minutes in three matches including 110 minutes against North Dakota State (Oct. 18).

2018: Did not play due to injury.

2017: Started as a defender in all 18 matches in her freshman campaign ... Logged an assist against Valparaiso (Sept. 10) ... Played the full 90 minutes in seven different matches ... Took 12 shots, placing four on goal.

Prior to Purdue Fort Wayne: Spent four years on varsity for Prairie Ridge ... Finished as a runner-up for the 2016 Northwest Herald Girls Soccer Player of the Year ... Selected for the 2017 Chicagoland Soccer All-State Watch List ... Earned a spot on the 2014 All-Conference Team ... Was selected for the 2016 and 2017 All-Conference, All-Area and All-Sectional teams ... Helped her team to sectional and regional titles in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Personal: Daughter of David and Melinda Fanning ... Has one brother, Zachary, and one sister, Alexandria ... Earned an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders and General Studies, and is now pursuing a masters in Speech-Language Pathology.