Victoria Gersh Class: Freshman Hometown: Silver Spring, Md. High School: Bethesda Chevy Chase Height: 5-9 Position: Midfield Birthdate: 07/31/1993 Experience: FR

On Gersh: Versatile player who can play everywhere on the field ... Very technical player wo will add another dimension to the team ... Played for the state champion Bethesda Dragons.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Plays for the Bethesda Soccer Club Dragons ... Team earned a top-10 national ranking each year from 2007-11 ... Won the Premier League Region 1 South championship in 2010 and 2011 ... Played in the Elite Clubs National League and was ranked No. 6 in the nation in 2011 ... Has been a teammate of fellow incoming freshman Katie Sanquist for eight years ... ODP experience includes being a member of the Maryland State Team each year from 2005-2010, where she was a teammate of fellow incoming freshman Caitlin Forte for four years ... Her 2008 squad was coached by John Byford ... Selected for the Region 1 Player Pool in 2009 and 2010 ... Attended the Interregional Camp in 2010 ... Her teams have traveled to play internationally in Sweden, Denmark and Italy ... Competed at the ECNL national finals in Colorado in July, 2011.

Bethesda Chevy Chase High School: Received four varsity letters in both soccer and swimming, where she competed in the butterfly and freestyle events ... Helped lead the soccer team to a record three consecutive state championships from 2008-10 and an overall record of 65-4-1 in her four years on the team ... Two-time NSCAA All-State selection and also an NSCAA All-Region pick as a senior ... ESPN Mid-Atlantic first team honoree as a midfielder in the fall of 2010 ... Three-time All-Met pick by the Washington Post, including first team as a senior, second team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore ... First team All-Met choice by the Gazette as a junior and senior, second team as a sophomore ... Chosen as a player to watch by the Washington Post in August, 2010 ... Senior year team captain and MVP ... Her team's Most Valuable Offensive Player as a junior ... Totaled 64 goals and 22 assists over four years, including a team-high 20 goals to go along with four assists as a senior ... Registered a hat trick in the state championship game in 2010 and assisted on the game-winning goal in the 2009 championship game ... As a swimmer qualified for the 2007 Junior Olympics in the breaststroke ... Academically carried a 4.3 weighted GPA and was a member of the Principal's Honor Roll all four years ... Chosen as a National Scholar Athlete by the U.S. Army Reserve ... Member of Minds in Motion (2007-11) and the Tri-M Music Honors Society (2009-11).

Personal: Born 7/31/93 in Washington, D.C. ... Youngest of five children of Dr. Elliot Gersh and Lynne Foltz ... Siblings are Rena (39), Emily (34), Alex (24) and Gabrielle (21) ... Gabrielle was a member of the triathlon team at USC ... Plans to major in Business.