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Grace Kavanagh

1 Grace Kavanagh

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Dundee, Ore.
  • High School:
    Newberg
  • Position:
    Goalkeeper

Kavanagh Student-Athlete Spotlight (June 24, 2020)

A second-year goalie who has played in 14 career games, starting two … totaled 38 saves and five steals through the 2020 season.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020) Played in six games, all as a reserve … totaled 14 blocks and one steal … matched a career high with seven blocks and one steal against UC Irvine (Feb. 8).

AS A FRESHMAN (2019) Played in eight games, starting in two … totaled 24 blocks and four steals… recorded a career-high seven blocks against Azusa Pacific (April 12).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Newberg High School in Newberg, Oregon … played for Jim McMaster and Cari Blanchard … was first team all-League in Three Rivers League all four years … awarded first team all-state her final two years … was Three Rivers League MVP her senior year … helped her team become four time Three Rivers League Champions and two time 6A Oregon High School Water Polo State Champions … helped her team finish third her junior year and fifth her freshman year at the State Tournament … received honorable mention at the State Tournament her freshman and sophomore year ... also a member of the swim team … earned National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) fifth team All-America honors as a junior. 

PERSONAL: Born in Spokane, Washington ... parents are Peter and Laura Kavanagh ... mother is a veterinarian ... father works in sales … has a younger brother, Max … graduated as valedictorian of her high school … father played soccer for the University of Portland … grandfather played basketball for Oregon State University … enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, drinking coffee and making art … majoring in biology and hopes to work in the medical field.

CAREER-HIGHS (through 2020):

  • Blocks: 7 vs. UC Irvine (Feb. 8, 2020); 7 vs. Azusa Pacific (April 12, 2019)
  • Steals: 1, 5 times (last: UC Irvine Feb. 8, 2020)