Georgia State University Athletics

2008: Named a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS award... Nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award... Won the Panther Character award and the Georgia State High Five award for highest female GPA... Named Academic All-District... Scored two goals on the season, including one game-winner, and notched two assists for six points on the year... Named Peach of an Athlete... Named to the President’s List for a 4.0 GPA... Started in all 20 games.

2007: Gonzales appeared in and started 15 games during her junior season ... Recorded one assist to tally one point against Jackson State ... Posted five shots on the season ...Named a Spring Faculty Scholar and named to the Fall Dean’s List in addition to being awarded CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award... Gonzales was named to the second team of the 2007 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars...

2006: Gonzales appeared in all of the Panthers’ games for the second-straight year and started all 20 ... Recorded one goal and an assist for three points ... Assisted on the Panthers’ game-winning goal against Delaware, 2-0, on Oct. 15 ... Registered 18 shots ... Was named to the Dean’s List for both the Fall and Spring semesters, as well as being awarded the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award for her academic success ... Named 2006-07 Vice President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee ...

2005: Gonzales played in all 20 games with four starts ... Recorded one goal and an assist for three points ... Assisted on the Panthers game-winner against Mississippi State, 2-1, on Sept. 2 ... Scored her first collegiate goal, the game-winner, in State’s first CAA win of the season against George Mason, 4-0, on Oct. 16 ... Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award in 2005-06 ... Made Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Fall 2005 .... Received Faculty-Scholar honors in Spring 2006 ...

Prep: Gonzales was a four-year varsity letterwinner at Birdville HS where her team was the District 6-4A champions during her senior season ... The three-time captain tallied 25 goals during her senior year ... Named to the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches All-State Team, Fort Worth Star Telegram All-Area Soccer Team and the District 6-4A Soccer First Team her senior season ... Named to the District 8-4A Soccer First Team during her sophomore year ... Earned District 6-4A Freshman of the Year honors in 2002 as the Lady Hawks were District 6-4A Co-Champions ... Was a five-year member o the 86’ North Texas ODP team that finished second in the 2004 ODP National Tournament ... Scored her squad’s first goal in the Regional Tournament in 2003 as North Texas was crowned the ODP Regional champions ... Member of the Dallas Sting White club team ... Was a two-year letterwinner in basketball where she was named to the District 6-4A Honorable Mention Team in 2002 ... Graduated in the top 10% of her class where she was a member of the National Honor Society and International Quill & Scroll Society ... Listed among Who’s Who Among American High School Students ...

Personal: Candace Loyce Gonzales was born October 31, 1986 in Odessa, Texas ... She is the daughter of Tony and Carma Gonzales ... Has one sister, Clarissa ... Majoring in journalism.