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Is enrolled in the General College At North Penn High School: All-state as a senior, all-region as a junior and senior and all-league from sophomore year on ... Four-year stater ... All-Intel first team in 2006 and '07 ... Playmaker of the Year and Most Outstanding Offensive Player as a senior and MVP as a junior ... League leader in points ... Reporter Player of the Year in 2007 ... Named to the Honor Roll and the President's Education Awards Program National/International: Participated in 2008 Junior National Camp ... Played in the Futures National Championship 2006-08 ... Selected for the Junior Olympics in 2006 and Futures Elite 2007-08 ... FDIC in 2007 and Olympic Development Select in 2007-08 ... In 2006, played with her club team, WC (World Class) Eagles, in several tournament games against Argentinian teams in Buenos Aires ... Her team won championships at the Disney Classic (2007), Festival (2005-07) and NIT (2005-06) Personal: Born Taryn Rae Gjurich on May 10, 1990 ... Daughter of Ken and Sherri Gjurich ... Has one sibling, Tyler (16) More on Gjurich: Favorite pastimes are going to the beach, shopping and eating ... Favorite pregame meal is apples with peanut butter ... Favorite books are Kiss the Girls by James Patterson, The DaVinci Code, and To Kill a Mockingbird ... Favorite TV shows are Law and Order SVU and Family Guy ... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is tennis ... After graduating from UNC, hopes to go on to Stanford Law School ... Dream job is to be an actress or an SVU detective ... Highlight of her athletic career has been reaching the state tournament her senior year ... Her coaches and parents have had the biggest impact on her development as a player ... She is the first field hockey player from her school to play at a Division I college and the first athlete from North Penn to compete for UNC |
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