Grace McGinley Season 2020-21
PositionP
Height6-0
Academic YearSenior
HometownWestport, Conn.
Career Accolades
- Pac-12 Champions- Team (2022)
- Two-time Pac-12 Champion- Varsity Four (2021), Third Varsity Eight (2022)
- NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Team (2021)
- Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Second Varsity Eight (2021)
- CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American (At-Large) (2022)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 team (At-Large) (2022)
- NCAA Elite 90 Award recipient (2021)
- Four-Time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2021)
- Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2019)
- Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Stanford Athletic Board Conference Athlete of the Year (2021)
As a 5th Year (2021-22) • Pac-12 Champion (Team, Third Varsity Eight)
- CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American (At-Large)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 team (At-Large)
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Led the Cardinal to victory in the 3 seat at the Head of the Charles
- Rowed in the stroke seat with the varsity four in two wins at the Pac-12 Invite
- Rowed in the stroke seat with the varsity four in three top finishes at the Big-10 Invite
- Helped team and third varsity eight to a conference title at the Pac-12 Championships, the Cardinal’s first since 2014, as the 6 seat
As a Senior (2020-21) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Second Varsity Eight) • Pac-12 Champion (Varsity Four)
- NCAA Elite 90 Award recipient
- CRCA National Scholar Athlete
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Stanford Athletic Board Conference Athlete of the Year
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor of Roll
- Rowed in the 3 seat with the varsity four in a sweep over Cal at the Big Row
- Rowed in the 3 seat with the varsity four in wins over USC and UCLA in Los Angeles
- Helped varsity four win Pac-12s, and team to second place as the stroke
- 4 seat with second-place varsity eight at NCAAs, helping Stanford take second place overall
As a Junior (2019-20)
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Placed third overall and first among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
- Most of season canceled
As a Sophomore (2018-19)
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
- Member of the second varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships
As a Freshman (2017-18)
- Member of the second varsity eight, which placed seventh at NCAA Championships and third at Pac-12 Championships
International Competition
- Member of the 2016 U.S. junior national team, competing in the varsity eight in the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships
Prior to Stanford
- 2017 graduate of Staples High School in Connecticut
- Competed for Saugatuck Rowing Club, where she was voted USRowing's 2016 Fan's Choice Junior Rower of the Year
- Rowed in the varsity eight with the club the last two years
- Saugatuck twice won the gold medal in the varsity eight at the Head of the Charles Regatta
- Undefeated in varsity eight races, and helped Saugatuck win gold at the San Diego Crew Classic and the national championships three times (2015-17)
Personal
- Born in Westport, Conn.
- Daughter of Gerry and Debbie
- Has two siblings, Kelsey and Brendan
- Sister, Kelsey, is a Stanford teammate
- Mother, Debbie, was a four-time All-American on the Stanford synchronized swimming team
- Grandfather, Butch Brear, played basketball and baseball at Stanford
- Father rowed and played squash at Hobart
- Grandfather, Gerald McGinley, was an All-American football player at Penn
Why Grace McGinley Chose Stanford
- “I chose Stanford because of the flexibility surrounding declaring a major and paths of study, since I wanted to make sure that I'd be able to learn about anything I discovered that I really enjoyed. I also liked that the team was small enough that I would be able to come in and make a difference, but strong enough that I would be pushed to do more than I ever thought I could.”
Women's Rowing
Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Year in Review: Women's Rowing
Women's Rowing
30 Named CRCA Scholar-Athletes
Women's Rowing
Fischer, Forde and McGinley Named Academic All-Americans
Women's Rowing
Pofcher Named Scholar Athlete of the Year
Women's Rowing
A BIG Weekend
Women's Rowing
Dominated the Waters
Women's Rowing
Champions on the Charles
Women's Rowing
Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Year in Review: Women's Rowing
Women's Rowing
CRCA Scholar-Athletes Announced
Women's Rowing
Second at NCAAs
Women's Rowing
McGinley Earns Elite 90
Women's Rowing
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Women's Rowing
Varsity Four Wins, Team Second at Pac-12s
Women's Rowing
Sweep in Los Angeles
Women's Rowing
Stanford Sweeps Cal at Big Row
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 All-Academic
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 Honors
Women's Rowing
Academic All-Americans/National Scholar Athletes
Women's Rowing
Seventeen Named Scholar-Athletes
Women's Rowing
Twenty-Four on Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Stanford Repeats as Collegiate Winner
Women's Rowing
CRCA Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 All-Academic Honors
Women's Rowing
Stanford Places Second at Pac-12's
Women's Rowing
Battle at Big Row
Women's Rowing
Final Day of Lake Natoma Invite
Women's Rowing
Day One of Lake Natoma Invite
Women's Rowing
Crew Classic Concludes
Women's Rowing
Four to Finals
Women's Rowing
Stanford Sweeps at Pac-12 Challenge
Women's Rowing
Card Wins Season Opener
Women's Rowing
Podium Finish
Women's Rowing
Grand Final for Varsity Eight
Women's Rowing
On to the Semifinals
Women's Rowing
Cardinal Captures Bronze
Women's Rowing
Big Row Goes to Cal
Women's Rowing
Final Day at Lake Natoma
Women's Rowing
First Day Complete
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 Challenge Complete
Women's Rowing
Strong Start
Women's Rowing