Gauci is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball 2-point player. She began competing in 1996 when she was eleven years old, and was inspired to play for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team after watching their performance at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. She enjoys the physical aspects of the game: "I'm a big fan of the big hits in rugby league. The aggression in wheelchair basketball is not as fierce, but it's as close as I'm likely to get." Her 2008 national team coach Gerry Hewson said, "She's got a really good outside game and she can get inside and mix it with the best."