University of Iowa Athletics
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#62 Grace McGuire

Class So.
Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
High School Nerix Hall
Grace McGuire - Field Hockey - University of Iowa Athletics

2022 Honors — Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26)… Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2022 — Appeared in 17 games with 17 starts… recorded 1,008 minutes… made a career-high 65 saves… posted an 11-6 overall record… had a 1.01 goals against average and a .793 save percentage… made a career-high 11 saves against North Carolina (8/28) and Michigan (10/23)… recorded double digit saves in three games… posted six shutouts… letterwinner.

2021 Honors – NFHCA Second-Team All-American… NFHCA First-Team All-West Region honoree… second-team All-Big Ten selection. 2021 – Started all 20 games, making 46 saves and posting and NCAA-best 11 shutouts… posted a 17-3 overall record… had a 0.75 goals against average and a .754 save percentage… led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally in goals against average… posted a school record eight consecutive shutouts from Sept. 4-26… didn’t allow a goal in 561:03 minutes from the second quarter against No. 1 North Carolina on Aug. 29 to the fourth quarter of the Oct. 1 game at No. 6 Rutgers… made a career-high nine saves against No. 1 North Carolina (8/29)… made four saves in the double overtime victory over No. 2 Michigan (10/15)… stopped four of the five Wolverine shots during the game-deciding shootout.

2020 — Started all 18 games, registering 35 saves and eight shutouts… helped the Hawkeyes hold opponents to 0.78 goals per game, 89 total shots, and zero penalty strokes made on the season.

2019 — Started two games and saw action in six… finished with a goal ratio of 26-6 after 188 minutes in the box.

2018 — Did not participate in any game action due to an ankle injury.

2017 — Joined team in January after graduating high school.

High School — Played four years under Jody Patterson at Nerix Hall High School… received all-conference honors in 2014, 2015, and 2016 and all-metro honors in 2016… registered 49 career shutouts and 633 saves in her four year prep career… played club field hockey for five years at AIM Field Hockey Club… participated in STX U-19 Select Tournament and Training Camp, U-19 Junior National Camp, U-19 NFC Star & Stripes Elite Game, and U-19 Regional and National Futures Championship in 2017… AAU Junior Olympic Gold Medalist in 2016… selected to Under Armour Select Game in 2016… won U-16 National Club Challenge and U-16 Midwest Region Junior Premier Outdoor League series in 2015… varsity soccer participant in 2014.

Personal — Majoring in art and criminology, law and justice.