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North Central College

North Central College Athletics
 30 North Brainard Street Naperville, IL 60566
Division 3 Illinois Midwest
Private Small Competitive team
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Andrew Gamarra

Andrew Gamarra joined the North Central College staff in 2016 as the eighth head coach in the history of the Cardinal women's soccer program.


Gamarra has compiled a 71-48-12 record at the helm for the Cardinals, making him the winningest coach in program history. In 2023, North Central won its first-ever CCIW Regular Season Championship and CCIW Tournament Title, earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals set a school record of 18 wins in a season, including a 15-match unbeaten streak

while scoring 91 goals, the second most in Division III. North Central also broke a CCIW record by not allowing a goal throughout league play. In conjunction with this record breaking and threshold crossing 2023 season, Gamarra was named CCIW Coach of the Year, a first for a North Central Women’s Soccer Head Coach. Achieving new heights for the Cardinal soccer program, the first All-Region and All-American honors were earned during Gamarra’s tenure by his recruits.


Academically, North Central has earned eight United Soccer Coaches Association Team Academic Awards under Gamarra. Four Cardinals have been named USC Scholar All-Americans with nine earning USC Scholar All-Region. Two players were selected for the College Sports Communicator's Academic All-American teams.


Prior to North Central, Gamarra served as the head coach at Russell Sage College (N.Y.) from 2014-2015. The Gators went 26-10-4 in two seasons with Gamarra. He was named the 2014 Skyline Conference Coach of the Year with a Skyline Conference Championship in 2015. Eight players were named to the All-Conference teams under Gamarra's leadership.


Gamarra played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2006-07) and Carthage College (2008-09). He graduated from Carthage in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in business administration before earning a master's degree in education from Carthage. He served as the assistant coach at Carthage from 2009-13.

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Kate Perry

Kate Perry M '20 joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2018-2019 academic year as a graduate assistant coach for the Cardinals women's soccer program and was promoted to head assistant coach prior to the 2020-2021 season.


Since Perry joined the coaching staff, the Cardinals have gone 40-27-8 while advancing to the CCIW Tournament Championship game in both 2021 and 2022.


Perry assists with the coaching of North Central's goalkeepers while also playing a lead role in the Cardinals' recruiting and fundraising efforts as well as running all social media accounts for the program.


Perry was a four-year member of the women's soccer program at Carthage College, earning Academic All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) accolades as a junior and serving as a team captain as a senior.


In February 2020, Perry was named the head girl's soccer coach at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Illinois, while also serving as a junior academy coach for the Chicago Rush Soccer Club in Oswego, Ill. She gained coaching experience previously serving as an assistant coach for Indian Trail High School and the Kenosha Area Soccer League and as the goalkeeper coach for the Kenosha Crew Soccer Club.


Perry also serves as the athletic events and facilities coordinator.


A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Perry graduated from Carthage in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in marketing and graduated in 2020 from North Central with a master's degree in leadership development, with an emphasis in sports leadership.

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