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2020 Women's Soccer Roster
Graham, Delaney
Jersey Number 22
Delaney Graham
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
Bio
Career: Appeared in 105 career contests, while making a school-record 103 starts … netted four goals and 19 assists for 27 points … helped the Blue Devils to 52 shutouts on the defensive end over the last four years … led Duke to three straight NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearances to close her career … was a part of 68 wins over five seasons.
Duke Career Record Book: Played a school-record 8,767 minutes … started a school-record 103 matches and played 105 contests, which ranked second … in NCAA Tournament play, saw action in a school-record 1,447 minutes, played in 16 matches to rank tied for fifth, started 16 matches to rank second and posted five assists to rank tied for fourth on the Duke charts.
Awards/Honors: 2022 College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America … 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Region … 2022 All-ACC Second Team … 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team ... 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team ... 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team ... 2020 All-ACC Third Team ... 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... 2019 All-ACC Second Team ... 2018 ACC All-Freshman Team ... 2018 TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI Freshman Team … Five-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) ... 2020, 2021 & 2022 ACC Honor Roll.
2022 – Graduate Student: College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America … United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Region … All-ACC Second Team … TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/25) … started all 23 matches … collected seven assists, which ranked third on the team, and seven points on the season … helped the Duke defense register 11 shutouts … tied a career high with two assists against Louisville (10/23) … posted assists against Alabama (11/25) and South Carolina (11/20) in the NCAA Tournament … four of her assists came against ranked opponents … added assists against UCLA (9/1), Tennessee (8/25) and East Carolina (8/18) … played all 110 minutes against North Carolina (11/3) and Alabama (11/25).
2021 -- Senior: Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... named to CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team ... added to Preseason All-ACC Team ... started all 21 matches and ranked second among Duke's field players with 1,782 minutes played ... played a full 90 minutes in 2-1 win over No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... logged 86 minutes with one shot on goal in win over No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) ... played full 90 minutes in win at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... logged 110 minutes with a shot on goal at Virginia Tech (Sept. 26) ... played 90 minutes in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... scored first goal of the season in 43rd minute against Memphis in Duke's NCAA Second Round win (Nov. 19) ... played 90 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal match vs. Santa Clara (Nov. 26) ... an All-ACC Academic Team selection.
2020-21 -- Junior: Started 18-of-19 matches ... named to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... All-ACC Third Team pick ... spent time playing as a defender and forward throughout the season ... tied for second on the team with five assists ... played 90-plus minutes 11 times, including each of the season's final five games ... logged 89 minutes in season opener at Wake Forest (Sept. 10) ... snapped a streak of 44 consecutive matches when she missed the home game vs. Wake Forest (Sept. 20) due to injury ... had three shots, two on goal, against No. 1 North Carolina (Sept. 27) ... scored first goal of the season in home win over Virginia Tech (Oct. 9) ... scored game-winning goal in overtime at Boston College (Oct. 15), earning a spot on both the TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News National Team of the Week ... recorded an assist in spring opener at UNCW (March 6) ... notched two assists in the first half against Coastal Carolina (March 17) ... played 110 minutes in home finale against No. 14 Vanderbilt (April 11) ... assisted on Duke's opening goal in the NCAA Second Round vs. Arizona State (May 1) ... had three shots in NCAA Round of 16 win over Ole Miss (May 5) ... logged 110 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal matchup vs. top-seeded Florida State (May 9) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team recipient ... became eighth player in program history to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, picking up Second Team honors ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 -- Sophomore: Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team … tabbed to the 2019 All-ACC Second Team … started all 20 games for the Blue Devils ... registered one shot attempt in the matchup against No. 19 Santa Clara (Aug. 31) ... recorded her first assist of the season in the match versus LSU (Sept. 8), while also registering one shot attempt ... logged the full 110 minutes in the ACC opener versus NC State (Sept. 22), recording one shot attempt ... played the full 90 minutes in the matchup at Wake Forest (Sept. 26) ... played the full 110 minutes of action in the match at No. 1 Virginia, helping the Blue Devils shutout the nation’s top-ranked offense for the first time in 2019 ... logged all 110 minutes of play in the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech (Oct. 6), helping the defense secure its seventh shutout of the season ... logged one shot attempt on goal in the match versus third-ranked North Carolina (Oct. 10), while providing a stellar defensive effort to help Duke to its third consecutive shutout over a ranked opponent … recorded an assist on Duke’s lone goal in the matchup versus Notre Dame (Oct. 24) … registered a career-high two assists in the match against Syracuse (Oct. 27).
2018 -- Freshman: Appeared in all 17 matches this year, logging starts in 16 of those matches and playing 1,376 minutes … tallied two assists on the year … has played the full time in eight-straight matches … made her collegiate debut in Duke’s 2-0 opening day victory against No. 23 Ohio State (Aug. 16), playing 62 minutes as a substitute … logged the first start of her career against Illinois (Aug. 19), playing 67 minutes and recorded two shots, including one off the right post … played the full 90 minutes for the first time in her career as Duke defeated Providence, 2-1, on Sept. 2 … recorded the first point of her career with an assist against Nebraska (Sept. 6) … picked up the second assist of her career in Duke’s ACC-opening 4-0 win at Syracuse on Sept. 16.
High School: A three-year starter as an outside back and forward at The Westminster Schools … did not play her senior year due to participation in the NTH Development Academy … captured State and Region Championships all three seasons … played in 20 games her junior season, scoring 20 goals and tallying 12 assists … was named All-Southeast Region Team and earned the Golden Ball Award for Most Valuable Player … also a starter for the varsity cross country, track & field and basketball programs … four-time state and region champion with the cross country squad … was named All-State and All-Metro her freshman and junior years … won an individual state championship in the 3200m run in track and field as a senior ... in the same season, set her school’s all-time record in the 400m dash ... was tabbed a team captain her senior year and went on to earn the Exemplary Performance and Contribution Award … earned the Outstanding Performance Award her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons … a shooting guard and small forward her sophomore and junior years for the basketball program and earned the Best Defense Award after her junior season … began her track & field season in mid-February … named to the National Honor Society her senior year … earned Honor Roll accolades all four years of high school … awarded the 2017 Gertrude Weaver Award for Excellence in History of the Modern World her junior year … member of the Westminster Wildcat Senior Spirit Team and the Westminster Women’s A Capella.
Club: Played for NASA Tophat Development Academy (2017-18), ECNL (2015-17, USYS National League/Southern Regional Premier League (2013-15) … played with the NTH Development Academy U18/19 squad … missed eight fall season games with torn meniscus/surgical repair, but returned to start several contests and has even been a threat on the offensive end as well … was a National Championship Semifinalist with NTH ECNL U18/19 and finished second in the Southeast Division … Captured the Southeast Division Championship with Tophat Soccer Club ECNL U17 … during 2014-15, won the USYS National League Division, USYS Region III and Georgia State Cup championships with Tophat Soccer Club Gold U16 … while with Tophat Soccer Club Gold U15, finished as a USYS National Championship Semifinalist and captured USYS National League Division and Georgia State Cup titles.
Personal: Born Delaney Marie Graham on Sept. 14, 1999 in Richmond, Va. … daughter of Chris and Marie Graham of Atlanta, Ga. … has one sister, Maggie Graham, who is a junior on the Duke women's soccer team … after being recruited to play basketball, her father opted to join the varsity crew team at Cornell from 1986-89 … from 1990-93, while in law school, her father was the co-head coach of the Tulane women’s club soccer team … volunteered with Habitat for Humanity her junior and senior years of high school … has a passion for singing and was a finalist in the Honors Performance Series, performing with other singers from all over the world at Carnegie Hall ... has sang the National Anthem at Duke women's soccer, baseball and men's basketball games ... one of four student-athletes to sing the national anthem at the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four … was a member of the Duke cappella group, Lady Blue, and released an EP in 2020 called Dandelion, which is available on Apple Music & Spotify … earned Dean’s List with Distinction at Duke in the Fall of 2021 … graduated in May of 2022 from Duke with Distinction and Cum Laude with a degree in biology along with a minor in chemistry … was enrolled in the Duke Continuing Studies program in the fall of 2022.
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