Gettysburg College Athletics

Kathy Kroupa was a standout player for not one, but two sports at Gettysburg. The native of New Hope, Pa., and graduate of West High School was a two-time captain for both soccer and softball and earned all-conference recognition five times between the two sports.
 
The success gained by the women’s soccer program under Kroupa’s guidance was unparalleled. She led the squad to back-to-back Centennial Conference championships in 1993 and 1994. The team won a school-record 16 matches in 1993 added 14 more wins during her senior campaign. Gettysburg competed in the NCAA Division III Championships in each season and wound up ending Randolph-Macon’s 33-match unbeaten streak in the opening round of the 1994 national playoffs.
 
Highlighting Kroupa’s amazing career on the soccer pitch was a 1-0 shutout of top-ranked and defending national champion Trenton State on the Lions’ own turf in 1994. Kroupa posted nine saves in the shutout, which was just one of a school-record 26 she managed during her tenure. She finished her soccer career as a three-time all-conference selection.
 
In the spring, Kroupa assumed the starting spot at first base. She hit over .300 for most of her tenure on the diamond, and she led the Bullets to a share of the Centennial Conference title in 1994. Kroupa was an all-conference selection in softball in each of her final two campaigns.
 
Following graduation, Kroupa continued to lead young women by becoming a collegiate coach, beginning at Rosemont College and Franklin & Marshall College before a 13-year stint as member of the athletics department at Susquehanna University, where she coached both soccer and softball. Recently, Kroupa embarked on a new career opportunity as the Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.