5 Sydney Grant
5 - Sydney Grant
Height: 5-6
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
High School: Saint Viator HS
Position: F
Major: Criminal Justice/Psychology
g 4
a 5
pts 13
gw 1

2023: Second-team All-South Atlantic Conference... Started all 16 matches... Led Pioneers with four goals and 11 points... Tied for team lead with three assists... Led team in shot attempts (27), shots on goal (16), and game-winning goals (two)... Played 1,209 minutes, including all 90 minutes five times... Scored two goals in season opener vs. West Alabama (Sept. 1)... Collected a goal and an assist in 2-0 win vs. Mars Hill (Sept. 20)... Had a goal and an assist in 2-1 win vs. Limestone (Oct. 7)... Credited with an assist at Lincoln Memorial (Sept. 27)... Had at least one shot attempt in 13 of 16 matches, and at least one shot on goal in 10 matches... Season high of four shot attempts vs. Mars Hill and vs. Young Harris (Oct. 25)... Had three shots on goal vs. West Alabama... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2022: Started 16 matches... Fourth on team in goals (five) and points (13) and tied for fifth with three assists... Played 1212 minutes... Finished with a goal and an assist in collegiate debut at King (Aug. 25)... Named SAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 2) after scoring three goals in two victories... Assisted on goals vs. Young Harris (Aug. 28) and West Alabama (Sept. 2)... Scored goal in 2-1 win at Lincoln Memorial (Sept. 28)... Collected two goals in 5-0 win over Salem (Oct. 1)... Scored in thrid straight game in 2-2 draw vs. Anderson (Oct. 5)... Fifteen of 20 shot attempts were on target... Played 90 minutes five times and played at least 50 minutes in all 16 games in which she appeared.

High School: Graduated from Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois... Coached by Mike Taylor, Byron DeLeon and Gilbert Dawod (soccer) and Maggie Miskowicz (basketball)... Lettered four years in soccer and one year in basketball... Honorable mention All-State in 2022, All-Conference and All-Area in 2021 and 2022... Team finished third at state championship in 2021, won regional championship in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and sectional title in 2021... Played club soccer for Barrington FCX... Coached by Blake Taubman... Leading scorer in 2019 and 2021.

Personal: Born March 26, 2004 in Schaumburg, Illinois... Daughter of Chris and Lisa Grant... Sibling - Dylan (23)... Double major in criminal justice and psychology, with a concentration in forensic investigation... Future plans: Go to law school... SAC Commissioners Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll...  Hobbies and activities: Working out, reading, traveling, hiking... Favorite movie: "10 Things I Hate About You"; Favorite musical artists: Flatland Calvary, Riley Green, Nickelback; Favorite sports team: Chicago Blackhawks; Favorite athlete: Dennis Rodman; Most famous person Sydney has met: Javier Baez.

Recent Games
Oct 20 at Limestone L, 3-2
Oct 26 at Coker L, 4-2
Oct 29 at Mars Hill W, 5-0
Oct 30 at Lander
Nov 2 #9 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 2-1
Nov 6 Carson-Newman L, 3-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 16 11
Games started 16 11
Goals 4 2
Assists 5 4
Points 13 8
Shots 31 17
Shot Pct .129 .118
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 1 0
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Sep 5 Thomas More L, 3-2 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 0
Sep 8 at West Ala. L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 11 at Lees-McRae W, 1-0 1 0 1 1 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 14 Shaw W, 3-2 1 1 0 2 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 18 at #6 Columbus St. L, 11-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 22 Newberry L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 25 at Wingate L, 3-1 1 1 0 2 5 .200 0-0 0
Oct 2 at Lincoln Memorial T, 1-1 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 9 Anderson L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 13 #19 Catawba L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 16 at Emory & Henry W, 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 20 at Limestone L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 26 at Coker L, 4-2 1 1 1 3 5 .200 0-0 0
Oct 29 at Mars Hill W, 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 30 at Lander   - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 #9 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Nov 6 Carson-Newman L, 3-1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2022-23 16 16 .31 .19 .81 1.25 .250 .94 .750
2023-24 16 16 .25 .19 .69 1.69 .148 1.00 .593
2024-25 16 16 .25 .31 .81 1.94 .129 1.06 .548
Total 48 48 .27 .23 .77 1.63 .167 1.00 .615
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2022-23 16 16 5 3 13 20 .250 15 .750 0 0 0-0 1
2023-24 16 16 4 3 11 27 .148 16 .593 1 0 0-0 2
2024-25 16 16 4 5 13 31 .129 17 .548 0 0 0-0 1
Total 48 48 13 11 37 78 .167 48 .615 1 0 0-0 4
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 16 16 .25 .31 .81 1.94 .129 1.06 .548
Conference 11 11 .18 .36 .73 1.55 .118 1.00 .647
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 7 .29 .00 .57 1.71 .167 1.00 .583
Away 9 9 .22 .56 1.00 2.11 .105 1.11 .526
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 4 4 .25 .75 1.25 2.00 .125 .75 .375
Losses 11 11 .27 .09 .64 2.00 .136 1.27 .636
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September 7 7 .43 .14 1.00 2.86 .150 1.43 .500
October 7 7 .14 .57 .86 1.14 .125 .71 .625
November 2 2 .00 .00 .00 1.50 .000 1.00 .667
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 16 16 4 5 13 31 .129 17 .548 0 0 0-0 1
Conference 11 11 2 4 8 17 .118 11 .647 0 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Home 7 7 2 0 4 12 .167 7 .583 0 0 0-0 1
Away 9 9 2 5 9 19 .105 10 .526 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Wins 4 4 1 3 5 8 .125 3 .375 0 0 0-0 1
Losses 11 11 3 1 7 22 .136 14 .636 0 0 0-0 0
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September 7 7 3 1 7 20 .150 10 .500 0 0 0-0 1
October 7 7 1 4 6 8 .125 5 .625 0 0 0-0 0
November 2 2 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0 0 0-0 0