Amid a busy spring practice and scrimmage, the Texas State football team has leveled up its defensive strategy by adding another varsity defender for the upcoming 2024 season.
Angela Gatto, a junior defender from Passy, France, has announced that she will join the Bobcats as a transfer from the College of Charleston.
Prior to attending Charleston, Gatto began his collegiate career with the Cowley College Tigers. During her freshman year, she started 15 of 17 games and averaged .733 percent shooting, and at the beginning of her sophomore year she was named co-captain. During the 2022 season, she scored 15 points for the Tigers and finished the season with a shoot-on-goal percentage of .833%.
Gatto then transferred to Charleston for the 2023 season, and although he played only one season with the Golden Eagles, he started 20 of 21 games, including a career-high two goals against Glenville State. He scored in 4 games.
Gatto accumulated over 1,500 minutes of game time and posted a shooting percentage of .727. She finished her stint with the Golden Eagles with 11 points overall and was named the 2023 MEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Gatto will join redshirt freshmen Maria Thalman and Kate Roberts and fellow varsity defender Kove Dean as new additions to Texas State's 2024 back line.