Youth and College
While born in New Jersey, Jennings-Gabarra grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California where she attended Palos Verdes High School from 1980 to 1983. During her four seasons playing high school soccer, she scored 226 goals and was a four-time High School All-American and a three-time California Most Valuable Player.
After high school, Jennings-Gabarra attended the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where she played on the women's soccer team. During her four seasons at UCSB (1983 to 1986) she scored 102 goals, a national record since broken by Mia Hamm, and assisted on 78 others. She was a second team All American in 1984 and 1985 and a third team All American in 1987. She graduated from UCSB in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Gabarra was named the school’s Athlete of the Decade and in 1991 the university inducted Gabarra into its Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Soccer America selected Jennings-Gabarra to its College Team of the Century.
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