Grace McGinley Season 2021-22

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.”