Gruich enters her second season as Associate Head Coach at Pearl River after joining the program ahead of the 2025 campaign.

Prior to joining the Wildcats, Gruich was an assistant at East Central for three seasons. East Central had a combined 93 wins during her three years on the staff, highlighted with the Warriors 2024 NJCAA Division II Softball Tournament at-large bid.

Gruich started her collegiate coaching career as a 2021 Mississippi Gulf Coast coaching staff member. In 2021, the Bulldogs reached the National Junior College Athletic Association DII Tournament and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.

Following a decorated career at St. Martin, Gruich started a combined 58 games for South Alabama during their consecutive 2017 and 2018 winning seasons in her freshman and sophomore years. She had a career .232 batting average and .951 fielding average for her South Alabama career. While at South Alabama, Gruich excelled in the classroom, being named an Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar in 2018. She was a Sun Belt Conference Commissioner List scholar in 2018 and a Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll member in 2020, 2019 and 2017. After the 2020 season, Gruich was the co-recipient of the program's "Extra Mile" Award, given annually to a softball player who "exemplifies unselfishness, hard work, positive attitude and the true meaning of a great teammate."

Gruich earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sports Management from South Alabama in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Gruich is a 2016 graduate of St. Martin High School in Ocean Springs.