Christopher Newport University

2016 - Senior - Returned after an injury his junior year and came back with one of the most impressive campaigns in program history...Named a First Team NSCAA All-American and a Second Team D3soccer.com All-American...Became one of just five first team All-Americans in program history...Conference Player of the Year also earned NSCAA first team All-Region honors...VaSID State Player of the Year picked up first team All-Conference and All-State plaudits...Earned CAC Player of the Week honors once...Marquee player as part of one of the top offenses in the nation, he notched career best performances in every statistical category... Led the league in scoring with 32 points on 13 goals and six assists...Ranked 14th nationally in game-winning goals with six, including one in the NCAA Tournament 1st Rd against Montclair State on November 12...Scored at least one point in seven straight and nine of the first 10 games of the season...Held scoreless in only seven games...One of only four players to start all 22 games...Put 38 of his 74 shots on-goal for a .514 SOG%...Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors...Earned spot on the CAC All-Academic Team for the fourth straight year.

2015 - Junior - Did not play (injury)...Member of the CAC All-Academic Team.

2014 - Sophomore - Second team All-Conference selection...Continued to look strong in his first full year as a starter in the midfield...Ranked fifth on the team in scoring with 13 points on four goals and five assists...Had five points in the NCAA Tournament, including a game-winning goal in the opening round against Lynchburg...Finished season with two game-winners, as the other came against defending national runner-up Rutgers-Camden on September 20...Registered a three-assist performance against Southern Virginia on October 7...Added an assist in the postseason against Whitworth in the Sweet 16...Member of the CAC All-Academic Team.

2013 - Freshman - Earned Co-Rookie of the Year honors by the Capital Athletic Conference...Named as second team All-Conference and All-State (VaSID) selection...Appeared in all 20 games, joining the starting lineup halfway through the season to make nine starts...Scored four goals and added two assists, with all but one scoring tally coming in the second half of the season...Tallied a pair of goals versus Southern Virginia on Oct. 9 in his first collegiate start...Took 26 total shots, with 12 on-goal...Named to CAC All-Academic Team.

At Briar Woods - Played in the midfield all four years under head coach Francois Bernard...Won district championship as a junior and region championship senior year...Earned All-District honors twice and All-Loudoun team his senior year...Loudoun Soccer Player of the Year in 2013

Personal - James Richard Grace was born in Columbia, Md...Son of Jim and Margaret Grace...Has two brothers, Brendan and Evan, and one sister, Patricia...Father played college soccer at the University of Scranton...Favorite sports personality is Jack Wilshere...Favorite movie is "Miracle"...Favorite book is "The Kite Runner"...Has not yet decided on a major.