catanzaro competed in gymnastics for towson in division i of the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa). she started in the 2009 season. catanzaro helped the towson tigers gymnastics team win the eastern college athletic conference championships in 2009 and 2010. in 2012, her senior year, she was the southeast regional gymnast of the year. she was also the 2012 eastern college athletic conference gymnast of the year and was the top-ranked gymnast in that conference for that year.