Grace Raines

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Snellville, Ga.
High School:
St. Pius X Catholic

CAREER: Enters senior season having played in 52 of 55 games with 51 starts over the past three years … has career totals of 10 shots, four shots on goal and one goal.

JUNIOR (2013): Started all 18 games as the team’s top defensive player … joined the attack vs. UNCG to contributed three shots including one on goal.

SOPHOMORE (2012): Played and started in 16 of 18 games as a stalwart in the Bulldog backfield … helped the defense record a shutout in a 5-0 win over Northern Iowa.

FRESHMAN (2011): Played in 18 of 19 games and started 17 times at a defender spot … leader of a defensive crew that allowed only 26 goals on the season … scored her first career goal to help the Bulldogs defeat USC Upstate … took a career-high four shots vs. Winthrop.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of St. Pius X Catholic High School … lettered all four years in soccer … named team’s defensive MVP her junior season … member of team which won state titles her sophomore and junior campaigns after finishing as runners-up her freshman season … helped St. Pius X earn a national championship from the National Soccer Coaches Association in 2008 … active in community including Peer Mentoring Leader and volunteer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Margie Raines … majoring in biochemistry.