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Maria Gogal

  • Class
    2004
  • Induction
    2015
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Tennis
A 2004 graduates of Marywood University, Gogal played from 2000-2003 and led the Pacers to Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships in 2000, 2002 and 2003 and a runner-up finish in 2001.  Along with fellow 2015 inductee and doubles partner Meredith Force Cozzarelli, the duo were named First Team All-Conference in 2000, 2001 and 2002 while earning Second Team honors in 2003. 
 
Gogal would earn First Team All-Conference honors in singles play for the 2000 season and was a four year member of the PAC Academic Honor Roll. Gogal shared shared team MVP honors with Cozzarelli in 2001 and 2003.  
 
A co-captain with Cozzarelli in both her junior and senior years, both were honored as the Marywood Co-Senior Student-Athlete of the Year in 2004.  That same year Gogal would be named the recipient of the 2004 Mary Beth Salmon Award for Dedication. 
 
A Pacer Scholar Athlete in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Gogal would finish her singles career with a record of 28-8 and her doubles career with a 45-6 mark while going undefeated (13-0) in doubles during the 2001 season.
 
Gogal graduated from Marywood in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology and a minor in Business and would later earn a Master of Science in Jurisprudence degree in Health, Science & Technology Law from Seton Hall University (2011). 
 
Since 2004, Gogal has been employed by Merck & Company, Inc., in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.  During her career with Merck & Company, Gogal has earned numerous professional awards and has served as the Associate Director of Global Human Health US and International Compliance since 2012.


Gogal also serves on the Marywood University Board of Trustees.

*Bio written at time of induction
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