Gretchen Tholen helped King's win the 2009 Freedom Conference championship with clutch hitting as the Lady Monarchs went 4-0 on the week. In a 3-2 victory over host Wilkes in a Freedom Conference Tournament play-in game, Tholen broke up a 2-2 game in the eighth inning with an RBI single to centerfield, driving in what proved to be the winning run. In the Freedom Conference Championship Tournament, she helped King's to a 7-5 victory over top-seeded Misericordia by going 1-for-3, including a key three-run double in the sixth inning that gave the Lady Monarchs a 7-3 lead. In the second round of the championship tier, she went 3-for-3 with two RBI in a 6-4 triumph over second seeded DeSales. In the tournament championship game, she helped King's to a 6-3 win by going 0-for-3, but scoring a run and registering a perfect .1000 fielding percentage with two put-outs and two assists from her third-base position. For the week, she batted .385 (5-13) with two doubles and six RBI.