1 Grace Kavanagh
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Year:
- Junior
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- Hometown:
- Dundee, Ore.
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- High School:
- Newberg
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- 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)
