Malone University Athletics

Leta (Huntington) Gramlich was a four-year letter winner on both the Malone women’s soccer and track & field teams. She was a 2004 graduate with a degree in mathematics.
 
Gramlich was a four-year starter and two-year captain under head coach Todd Clark. During her tenure at Malone, the team held a 66-19-7 record. As a center midfielder, Gramlich scored 19 career goals and recorded 18 assists.
 
The 2003 women’s soccer squad reached the NAIA National Tournament thanks to claiming the Region IX championship. They are the only team to reach the national tournament in program history and won the OCSA Team of the Year that season. Individually, Gramlich was an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American, an All-Region selection, OCSA Player of the Year, Senior All-Star Game Participant, NCCAA First Team All-American, NCCAA All-Region and First Team All-American Midwest Conference.
 
In 2002, the team won the AMC championship and NCCAA National Tournament championship. It is the lone NCCAA National Championship in the program’s four appearances. The year prior, Malone were outright AMC champions.
 
Along with her accomplishments in soccer, she also credits her success due to her time as a member of the indoor and outdoor track & field teams. Gramlich was a five-time NAIA National Qualifier and three-time NCCAA National Champion as an individual while the team were NCCAA champions five times in her career.
 
After graduation, Gramlich went on to pursue her master’s degree in education from Ashland University in 2012 and currently teaches at Tuslaw High School. She went on to marry her high school sweetheart and fellow Malone University Athletics Hall of Famer Dave Gramlich and the two recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. They have two children, Elia and Beckham, who both have followed in their mother’s footsteps playing soccer and Beckham plays baseball as well. Gramlich continues to play soccer recreationally and stays busy watching her children pursue their sport goals.