2014-15 Women's Fencing Roster
Biography
2014-15: Gamel, who is also a member of the NJIT women's team, was the only women's sabre fencer to advance to the NCAA Regionals this season. ... she entered competition seeded 33rd and went 0-5 in the first round for a final placement of 32nd. ... first collegiate fencing meet -- Vassar Fencing Challenge.
Three-year member of the NJIT women's soccer team
2014: Appeared in 17 matches with 10 starts. ... lead the Highlanders in goals (3) and tied in first for points(6) with teammate Dana Schules. ... 2014 Preseason Madness Independent first-team All-Conference. ...named CollegeSportsMadness Division I Independent Player of the Week (9/23). ... 2014 Madness Division I Independent First-Team All-Conference.
2013: Started in all 19 matches. ... fourth on the team with 5 total points ( 2 goals, 1 assist).
Team Note: NJIT finishes 2013 at 8-10-1 while notching 6 shutouts, also a new program high in the Division I era, which began in 2006. The previous Division I high for wins was 7 when the Highlanders were 7-9-2 in 2009.This year's team also matched the overall program record for wins. Started as a Division III program in 1996, NJIT played in Division II from 1997 to 2005, posting an 8-6-3 mark the final season in Division II.
2012: Appeared in 15 matches, with 14 starts.
Prior to NJIT: A resident of Hamburg, NY, south of Buffalo, Gamel was a two-year captain and 2011 all-Western New York honoree at Hamburg High School, where she was on the varsity eighth grade on. Playing club soccer for Empire United, based in Syracuse, more than 150 miles from her home, she was on the 2010 Club National Champion and 2011 fourth-place finisher in the USYSA National League. Playing ODP (Olympic Development Program), she was in the Western New York player pool from 2006 to 2011 and the tournament team from 2007 to 2011, finishing as a regional runner-up in 2010.
Personal: Kaelyn MyKel Gamel. ... daughter of Dee and Frank Gamel. ... majors in biology at NJIT. ... born 4/8/94 in Buffalo, NY.
