Gabi Retana

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
Eligibility:
Fr.
Hometown:
Madison, Wis.
High School:
Madison West

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Madison West High School … Named Big 8 Conference Player of the Year and WIAA First Team All-State as a senior in 2026 … Earned All-North Region Team honors and Big 8 First Team All-Conference recognition in 2025 and 2026 … Named Big 8 First Team All-Conference in 2024 and honorable mention in 2023 … Served as team captain as a senior … Helped Madison West to three Big 8 Conference titles (2023, 2024, 2026), four regional titles (2023-26), a sectional title in 2025 and a WIAA Division I state runner-up finish in 2025 … Finished high school career with 42 goals and 50 assists … Also earned a letter in swimming as a freshman in 2022 … Competed for FC Wisconsin and Madison 56ers … Helped FC Wisconsin to the 2023 USYS Midwest Regional Championship final and a 2023 USYS National Championship qualification … Qualified for the ECNL Playoffs in 2024.

Personal: Born March 16 in Madison, Wis. … Daughter of Jaime Barbian and Ignacio Retana … Has a sister, Sarita, and a brother, Xavi … Both parents played collegiate soccer at Wisconsin, with her mother competing for the women's team and her father for the men's team … Majoring in exercise physiology on the physical therapy track.