Gerard won the national individual archery championship in 1982 while leading the Dukes to the national women's team title and the first national team championship in school history. She was national runner-up in 1979, when she became the first JMU archer to earn All-America honors as a freshman. A three-time All-America and four-time All-Eastern Region honoree, Gerard won three Eastern Region titles (1979, 1980, 1982). She was named to the U.S. National Team five times and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Festival four times. In addition to the national team title, Gerard helped the Dukes to a 1981 second-place finish and 1980 third-place finish in the national tournament.