Skip To Main Content

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Official Athletics Website of the MIT Engineers

2021 MIT Women's Soccer Roster

19 Grace Xiong

  • Position D
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School The Lawrenceville School
  • Hometown Princeton, N.J.
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Career Highs
Goals 1 vs. Lesley (September 5, 2018)
Assists 1 Four Times - Most Recently vs. Smith (October 30, 2021)
Points 1 Twice - Most Recently vs. Mount Holyoke (October 12, 2019)
Shots 2 Three Times - Most Recently vs. Mount Holyoke (October 12, 2019)

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2020, 2019)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2021)


2021: [Season Stats]
- Team Captain
- Played in and started 23 games
- Finished the year with three assists
- Helped the MIT defense post 18 shutouts and allow just 11 goals on the year
- The Engineers won a program-best 22 games and qualified for the program's first Elite 8


2020:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in 22 matches as a sophomore
- Posted first collegiate assist in 7-0 win over Mount Holyoke on October 12
- Helped MIT lead NCAA Division III as a team in goals against average (.162), save percentage (.941) and shutout percentage (.833)
- Offensively as a team ranked in the top ten nationally in goals, shots on goal per game, points, shots per game and assists
- Helped MIT break ten team records and to its third straight NEWMAC title
- Led MIT to its highest ranking in program history at No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches D3 National Poll


2018: [SEASON STATS]
- Produced first collegiate goal against Lesley on September 5 
- Led MIT to ten shutouts and a goals against average of 0.79, both of which led the NEWMAC
- Was part of a team that won its second straight NEWMAC Championship


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Being a ball girl for a USWNT game


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Going 10-0 in NEWMAC games last season


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics
- Minoring in finance and music
- Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Macquarie Capital (2021 summer)
- Equity Research intern at MayTech Global (NYC) in 2020
- Summer analyst at New Legacy Capital (NYC) in 2019
- Emerson Scholar
- Head Project Mentor Leadership Training Institute
- Alpha Chi Omega


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of The Lawrenceville School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in soccer and indoor track
- Two-time soccer captain
- Four-time New Jersey All-State
- Four-time All-Conference
- Awarded the team’s California Cup in 2016 and Frank T. Dyckman Award in 2017 for excellence in performance, teamwork and sportsmanship
- Cum Laude Society
- Vice President of the Allegro Music Club
- Assistant Stage Manager for the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra
- Editor In Chief of Prize Papers, her high school publication
- Member of the school choir
- Graduated in top 10% of class
- National Merit Finalist
- Four-time Deans List/High Honors recipient
- AP Scholar With Distinction
- Awarded school's John H. Thompson Jr. prize for "demonstrating excellence as an athlete, scholar, and human being”


Club:
- PDA ECNL club team from 2010-16 and the FC Bucks ECNL club team from 2016-18
- Guided PDA ECNL to an undefeated season (37-0-1) in 2016
- Won the 2016 Jefferson Cup
- U15 and U16 ECNL Northeast Conference Champions
- U14 ECNL National Semifinalists
- U13 US Club Soccer National Champions
- U16 ECBL National Champions

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2018First Year

    D
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2019Sophomore

    D
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2020Junior

    D
    5'3"
    19
  • 19

    2021Senior

    D
    5'4"
    19