Gracie Dunaway Season 2024

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

• No. 2 for assists in a season by a freshman, with seven (2021)
• Tied for No. 3 for assists in a game with two, and tied for No. 1 with two assists in a half (September 12, 2021, vs. Colorado)
• Tied for No. 9 for assists in a season, with seven (2021)

2024 / AS A SENIOR

• Team Captain
• Appeared in all 18 games for Purdue, while making 11 starts, to tally 1,009 minutes
• Scored four goals on the year, including two game winners (Washington St. 8/15, DePaul 8/29, Dayton 9/1, & Michigan St. 10/27)
• Also had three assists to earn 11 points on the season
• Posted 20 shots, with 15 on goal, to set a career-high in SOG% at .750

2023 / AS A JUNIOR

• Played in and started 15 games and tied for the team lead with three goals, tied for third with six points, was second with 31 shots and third with 13 shots on goal in 970 minutes
• Played a season-high 84 minutes to help the Boilermakers to a 0-0 shutout of No. 4 Penn State, the second-ever draw or win against a top-five opponent in program history and just the second time PSU had been held without a goal during the season
• Scored a goal on a season-high eight shots, two on target, to help Purdue to a 4-1 win over Valparaiso on August 24
• Notched second career brace with a two-goal game, on five shots, three on goal, in an 8-0 triumph over Iona on August 20 in just 31 minutes

 
2022 / AS A SOPHOMORE

• Started all 17 games and led the team with six goals, 14 points and 15 shots on goal with a team-high-tying 33 shots and had two assists, one game-winning goal and one game-winning assist in 1,239 minutes, third-most on the team
• Scored a goal to lead Purdue to a 2-2 draw at Indiana on October 16 to retain the Golden Boot Trophy for the eighth consecutive season
• Found the back of the net in a 1-1 draw to Nebraska on September 29
• Netted the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win at Kansas State on September 4
• Had a goal and recorded the game-winning assist for a three-point game with a career-high-tying five shots, four on goal, against Miami (Ohio) on August 28
• Picked up an assist at Kentucky on August 25
• Scored two goals against No. 15 USC in a season-opening upset win on August 18

 
2021 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Helped Purdue advance to the NCAA Tournament Second Round, the team’s first NCAA berth since 2009 and fourth second-round appearance all-time, as the Boilermakers tallied their second-best record and second-most wins in program history, earned their second-ever Big Ten runner-up finish and were ranked nationally for the first time since 2009
• Started all 22 games and had a team-high seven assists, including two game-winning assists to tie for third on the team, scored one goal for nine points, third-most on the team, and also was third with 30 shots and 16 shots on goal in 1,400 minutes
• Tied for No. 9 in team history, second-most all-time by a freshman, and was tied for seventh in the Big Ten with seven assists
• Played a career-high 91 minutes in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against Notre Dame on November 11.
• Recorded the game-winning assist in a 1-0 win over Northwestern on October 21
• Notched assists in back-to-back games, both wins, at No. 18 Wisconsin on October 3 and vs. Minnesota on October 10
• Registered six points in four games from September 5-19, with a one-goal game and a two-assist contest in the stretch
• Had a career-best two assists, including the game-winner, in a 3-1 victory over Colorado on September 12
• Scored first career goal on September 9 in a 2-0 win against Kansas State
• First career assist came on September 5 in a 2-1 win over Saint Louis

 
HIGH SCHOOL

• Won the 2019 state championship
• Named to the all-section team four times and the all-conference squad three years
• Led Mars Area HS to a WPIAL championship in 2019 and ’20 and the finals in 2017 and ’18
• Was a four-year starter and two-time team captain
• With Beadling SC in Pittsburgh, earned 2019 GLC Top XI accolades
• Helped Beadling SC to an eastern regional title and national championship appearance in 2018 and a national championship qualification in 2020
• Also ran track at Mars Area HS as a freshman and sophomore and holds the second-fastest 100-meter dash time in school history

 
PERSONAL

• Majoring in sociology
• Parents are Mathew and Gina Dunaway
• Has a sister, Reese and a brother, Smyth
• Father, Mathew, played football at the Naval Academy
• Uncle, Mark Dunaway, played football at Bowling Green
• Cousin, Gabi Lassinger, played soccer at Lafayette College
• Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania