Upcoming Event: Women's Soccer versus Alabama on September 7, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer
vs Alabama
2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Watkins, Grace
Jersey Number 9
Grace Watkins
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Bio
Career: Saw action in 70 matches, while making 16 starts ... notched five goals, five assists and 15 points ... appeared in 2,697 minutes as a Blue Devil ... one of 44 players in Duke history to register at least one goal in each of her four seasons.
Awards/Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023) ... ACC Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023).
2023 -- Senior: Started 14-of-15 matches for the Blue Devils ... All-ACC Academic Team ... tallied a key goal against Wisconsin to help lead Duke to a 2-1 victory at home in Koskinen Stadium ... Watkins and the Blue Devils scored two goals against the Badgers, while Wisconsin only allowed 11 goals in the regular season ... notched an assist on the game-tying goal versus top-ranked North Carolina with a minute remaining ... registered an assist at Virginia Tech to push Duke past the Hokies, 1-0, and keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive ... saw a career-high 1,010 minutes played ... attempted 23 shots ... played 70 or more minutes in each of the final five matches.
2022 -- Junior: An All-ACC Academic Team selection ... saddled with an injury in preseason and forced her to miss the first three matches ... appeared in 16 contests and started the Louisville match (10/23) ... totaled Duke's lone goal on the road at Florida State (10/13) ... attempted 14 shots ... played a season-high 50 minutes against Louisville ... attempted a season-high five shots in 37 minutes versus Boston College (9/22).
2021 -- Sophomore: Played in all 21 matches, recording two goals and three assists for seven points ... scored in the second half of win over Western Carolina (Aug. 26) ... recorded seven shot attempts versus the Catamounts ... had first two career assists in win over East Carolina (Sept. 9) ... played 22 minutes with one shot at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... fired six shot attempts with three on target versus Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... recorded an assist on game-winner at Louisville (Oct. 28) ... made first career start in NCAA Second Round match against Memphis (Nov. 19) ... scored in NCAA Round of 16 win over St. John's (Nov. 21) ... played 24 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. Santa Clara (Nov. 26).
2020-21 -- Freshman: Appeared in 18 matches ... made collegiate debut in season opener at Wake Forest (Sept. 10), logging 25 minutes ... recorded four shots and two shots on target vs. Virginia Tech (Oct. 9) ... had a season-high six shots with two on goal at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... scored first career goal in spring opener at UNCW (March 6), helping Duke win 3-0 ... did not compete in NCAA Tournament due to an injury ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A west-coast product who was regarded as the No. 19 prospect in the nation and the eighth-best forward in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … tabbed the 2019-20 Gatorade State Player of the Year for the state of California … attended Mira Costa High School, where she enjoyed a successful prep career … led the Mustangs to a 24-3 record and the Southern Section, Division 2 Tournament championship her senior campaign … compiled 28 goals and 10 assists in her final season … closed out her junior season as the Daily Breeze Newspaper Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year, while receiving All-CIF honors and being tabbed as the MVP of the Bay League … led her team in assists, while placing second in goals scored to be named the Co-Offensive Team MVP following her impressive season … competed for the LAFC Slammers in the ECNL, where she received multiple accolades … competed for the U.S. U18 Women’s National Team in 2020 … was heavily involved in multiple clubs and organizations at Mira Costa, including the National Honor Society, the California Scholarship Federation and the Lend a Hand Club … played the viola and piano in the Mira Costa High School’s Symphony Orchestra.
Personal: Full name is Grace Rohman Watkins … born on April 26, 2002 in Torrance, Calif. … daughter of John Watkins and Nancy Rohman … has two sisters, Hanna and Genevieve … her sister, Genevieve, is a graduate student on the Loyola Marymount women’s soccer team … her sister, Hannah, played soccer at University of Chicago (2017-20) … majoring in biology along with minors in chemistry and Spanish.
Last Updated 2/2/2024
Awards/Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023) ... ACC Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023).
2023 -- Senior: Started 14-of-15 matches for the Blue Devils ... All-ACC Academic Team ... tallied a key goal against Wisconsin to help lead Duke to a 2-1 victory at home in Koskinen Stadium ... Watkins and the Blue Devils scored two goals against the Badgers, while Wisconsin only allowed 11 goals in the regular season ... notched an assist on the game-tying goal versus top-ranked North Carolina with a minute remaining ... registered an assist at Virginia Tech to push Duke past the Hokies, 1-0, and keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive ... saw a career-high 1,010 minutes played ... attempted 23 shots ... played 70 or more minutes in each of the final five matches.
2022 -- Junior: An All-ACC Academic Team selection ... saddled with an injury in preseason and forced her to miss the first three matches ... appeared in 16 contests and started the Louisville match (10/23) ... totaled Duke's lone goal on the road at Florida State (10/13) ... attempted 14 shots ... played a season-high 50 minutes against Louisville ... attempted a season-high five shots in 37 minutes versus Boston College (9/22).
2021 -- Sophomore: Played in all 21 matches, recording two goals and three assists for seven points ... scored in the second half of win over Western Carolina (Aug. 26) ... recorded seven shot attempts versus the Catamounts ... had first two career assists in win over East Carolina (Sept. 9) ... played 22 minutes with one shot at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... fired six shot attempts with three on target versus Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... recorded an assist on game-winner at Louisville (Oct. 28) ... made first career start in NCAA Second Round match against Memphis (Nov. 19) ... scored in NCAA Round of 16 win over St. John's (Nov. 21) ... played 24 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. Santa Clara (Nov. 26).
2020-21 -- Freshman: Appeared in 18 matches ... made collegiate debut in season opener at Wake Forest (Sept. 10), logging 25 minutes ... recorded four shots and two shots on target vs. Virginia Tech (Oct. 9) ... had a season-high six shots with two on goal at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... scored first career goal in spring opener at UNCW (March 6), helping Duke win 3-0 ... did not compete in NCAA Tournament due to an injury ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A west-coast product who was regarded as the No. 19 prospect in the nation and the eighth-best forward in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … tabbed the 2019-20 Gatorade State Player of the Year for the state of California … attended Mira Costa High School, where she enjoyed a successful prep career … led the Mustangs to a 24-3 record and the Southern Section, Division 2 Tournament championship her senior campaign … compiled 28 goals and 10 assists in her final season … closed out her junior season as the Daily Breeze Newspaper Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year, while receiving All-CIF honors and being tabbed as the MVP of the Bay League … led her team in assists, while placing second in goals scored to be named the Co-Offensive Team MVP following her impressive season … competed for the LAFC Slammers in the ECNL, where she received multiple accolades … competed for the U.S. U18 Women’s National Team in 2020 … was heavily involved in multiple clubs and organizations at Mira Costa, including the National Honor Society, the California Scholarship Federation and the Lend a Hand Club … played the viola and piano in the Mira Costa High School’s Symphony Orchestra.
Personal: Full name is Grace Rohman Watkins … born on April 26, 2002 in Torrance, Calif. … daughter of John Watkins and Nancy Rohman … has two sisters, Hanna and Genevieve … her sister, Genevieve, is a graduate student on the Loyola Marymount women’s soccer team … her sister, Hannah, played soccer at University of Chicago (2017-20) … majoring in biology along with minors in chemistry and Spanish.
Last Updated 2/2/2024
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