Grace Allen

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Midfielder/Defender
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Pittsford Sutherland
Hometown:
Pittsford, N.Y.

Honors and Awards
2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-2022
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022 (Jr.): Appeared in two matches and started in one against Xavier (10/27).

2021 (RFr.): Saw four minutes of action as a reserve against St. Thomas.

2020-21 (Fr.): Appeared in three matches as a reserve … Made Marquette debut against Chicago State (2/5) in the season opener … collected first shot at Creighton (3/21).

Prior to Marquette: Allen played four years of varsity soccer at Pittsford Sutherland High School as an eighth grader, freshman, junior and senior … Played development academy as a sophomore and did not play on high school team … Named a team captain as a senior in 2019 under head coach Adam Palumbo … Led the Knights to Monroe County Division 3 championships in 2016 and 2018 and earned player of the year honors in the division as a junior in 2018 … First team all-county as a freshman and junior … All-Greater Rochester Second Team as a freshman in 2016 … All-Greater Rochester First Team as a junior (2018) … Traveled to England in April 2017 with Region I ODP and to France to play at the Olympique Lyonais Academy in August 2017 … Traveled to Costa Rica in February 2018 with Region I ODP … Boca Raton Region I Team 2015/16 and ODP National Camp 2015/16 … Played club soccer under Eric Dade and Aaran Lines.

Personal: Allen was born in Pittsford, New York and is the middle child to Scott and Rhonda Allen … Has an older brother, Neil, and a younger sister, Ava … Brother played soccer at Geneseo … Both parents grew up in Wisconsin … Majoring in social welfare and justice.