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Missouri State

2024 Women's Soccer Roster

10 Grace O'Keefe

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Saint Thomas Aquinas High
  • Hometown Overland Park, Kan.

Biography

Honors
United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team: 2022 (2nd), 2023 (3rd)
MVC Player of the Year: 2022
All-MVC Team: 2022 (1st), 2023 (1st), 2024 (1st)
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2022, 2024
MVC All-Freshman Team: 2021
MVC Offensive Player of the Week: 9/20/22, 10/15/24
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2022, 2023
MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year: 2022 (Co-Scholar Athlete), 2023, 2024
MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2022 (1st), 2023 (1st)
MVC Elite 17 Award: 2022, 2024
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23
MVC Honor Roll: 2021-22, 2022-23
MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024 (Senior)
Appeared in 21 games with 21 starts for a total of 1,441 minutes ... Scored seven goals with three game winners ... Assisted on five goals ... Took 44 shots with 31 on-goal ... Won her third MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award and the Elite 17 Award ... Named to the All-MVC First Team and the All-Tournament Team ... Honored as the MVC Player of the Week on 10/15 ... Named to the MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the Fall and Spring semesters.

2023 (Junior)
Appeared in 17 games with 16 starts ... Played a total of 1,092 minutes ... Scored one goal which was the game-winner against Belmont (9/24/2023) ... Led the team and conference in assists with seven ... Had two games with two assists against Illinois State (9/21/2023) and UIC (10/1/2023) ... Led the Valley in assists per game ... Took 23 shots with six on-goal ... Named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row ... All-MVC first-team selection ... Eared United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest third team honors ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District list ... Also named to the MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters.

2022 (Sophomore)
MVC Player of the Year ... All-MVC first-team and MVC All-Tournament Team selection ...  Earned United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region second team distinction ... Appeared in 20 matches while making 19 starts ... Led the Bears in shots (40), ranking 3rd in the MVC ... Scored game-winning goals vs. Evansville (9/18/22) and at Belmont (10/9/22) ... Also had goals vs. Tulsa (8/28/22) and vs. Murray State (10/6/22) ... Led the Bears in assists (4), ranking 6th in the MVC ...  Assisted on three game-winning goals: at SIU (9/29/22), vs. Valparaiso (10/2/22), and vs. UNI (11/3/22) in MVC Tournament semifinals ... Accounted for 12 total points, which ranked 5th in the MVC ... Named MVC Offensive Player of the Week (9/20/22) ... Preseason All-MVC selection ... Recipient of MVC Elite 17 Award, MVC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year, MVC Scholar-Athlete Team first team, MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Also named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team ... MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.

2021 (Freshman)
MVC All-Freshman Team selection … Appeared in all 17 matches while making 15 starts ... Led the MVC in assists (7) and assists per game (0.41) … Ranked 67th nationally in assists per game and 94th in total assists … Led Missouri State in points (13), assists (7) and goals (3) … Tallied seventh-most minutes on the team (1,224) … Scored her first collegiate goal in the season opener at Murray State (8/19/21) ... Added a goal in wins over SIU (9/17/21) and Drake (10/23/21) ... Assisted Jenna Anderson’s game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Louisiana Tech (9/5/21) ... Ranked 92nd in the Top-Drawer Soccer Top-100 freshman rankings … Named to MVC Honor Roll ... Earned MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll laurels for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters.

High School
Had a storied prep career at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan. … Garnered first-team all-state and all-league honors all four years … As a senior, she was the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year, EKL Forward of the Year and 5A Forward of the Year … As a senior and junior, she was selected to the United Soccer Coaches Prep All-America Team …Led the Saints in scoring as a sophomore en route to a 5A state championship appearance … Also lettered in basketball as a freshman.

Personal
Grace E. O'Keefe was born 9/26/02 in Overland Park, Kan. ... Daughter of David and Lori O’Keefe of Overland Park ... Mother played volleyball at Longview Community College (1990-91) ... Father played football at Wyoming (1989) and baseball at Pittsburg State (1992-94) ... Has a brother, Kyle, and a sister, Maggie ... Sister Maggie joined the team ahead of the 2024 season ... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering Technology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021Freshman

    Forward
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    Forward
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2023Junior

    Forward
    5'6"
    10
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Forward
    5'6"
    10

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