2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Fujinaga, Grace
Jersey Number 32
Grace Fujinaga
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- The Overlake School
- Hometown:
- Mercer Island, Wash.
- Prev School:
- Penn
Bio
Awards:
Career Highs:
Season Highs:
2025: Started in all 22 games ... Logged 21 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers for the season ... Recorded a ground ball and two caused turnovers in season opener against Notre Dame (2/7) ... Tallied two ground balls and a caused turnover against Colorado (2/21) ... Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover at Marquette (3/7) ... Notched a ground ball and three caused turnovers against Penn State (3/16) ... Logged two ground balls and a caused turnover against Maryland (3/21) ... Caused a turnover against North Carolina (3/27) ... Picked up three ground balls at Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... Had two ground balls at Rutgers (4/6) ... Tallied two ground balls against Oregon (4/13) ... Recorded a caused turnover and a ground ball against Michigan (4/17) ... Picked up a ground ball at Ohio State (4/19) ... Tallied a ground ball in Big Ten Tournament Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (4/25) ... Notched a ground ball and a caused turnover in Big Ten Tournament Title game at Maryland (4/27) ... Fired a shot, picked up a ground ball, and caused two turnovers against Penn to advance to the Final Four (5/15) ... Picked up a ground ball in NCAA semifinals against Boston College (5/23) and in National Championship game against North Carolina (5/25).
2024 (Penn): Started all 20 games on defense … Tied for second on the team with 33 ground balls and was fourth with 23 caused turnovers … Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after she had five caused turnovers and three GBs in a win at then-No. 1 Maryland (3/27) … Prior to that, had two CTs and three GBs in Ivy win over Harvard at Penn Park (3/24) … Finished with three CTs and three GBs in Ivy-opening win against Columbia (3/2) … Caused two turnovers and picked up two ground balls in season opener against Drexel (2/17) … Had two caused turnovers in regular-season home finale against Brown (4/20) … Picked up four ground balls in ILT semifinal win against Princeton (5/3) … Caused a turnover in each of Penn’s first two NCAA games, against Richmond (5/10) and Loyola (5/12), and had three GBs against the Greyhounds ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Penn): Second-team All-Ivy … Started in all 19 games … Totaled 35 ground balls, 21 caused turnovers, two draw controls, and an assist, all of which were career highs … Finished fourth in the Ivy League and third on the team in ground balls (35) … Finished fourth in the Ivy League and second on the team in caused turnovers (21) … Earned her first collegiate assist at Lehigh (April 4) … Had a career-high four ground balls in the Ivy League title game against Yale (May 7) … Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Boston College (May 14) in the NCAA second round ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Penn): One of five players to start in all 15 games ... Played in her first collegiate game against Delaware (Feb. 19), registering two ground balls ... Finished season with 24 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers ... Had a season-high three caused turnovers at Maryland (March 23) ... Scored first collegiate goal at Dartmouth (April 23), which was the game-winner ... Had a season-high four ground balls in the season finale against Columbia (May 1).
2020 (Penn): All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … Did not see game action this season.
High School: 2019 and 2018 US Lacrosse All-American ... Four-year letterwinner and team captain ... Won the Washington state championship in 2019 ... Named both All-Conference and All-State in 2019 and 2018 ... Won the US Lacrosse Jackie Pitts Award for Washington, given to one player from each area who goes 'above and beyond' in service to her team, school, and community ... 2018 US Lacrosse All-Academic ... 2017 All-Conference ... Also lettered four times and served as a team captain for soccer ... Won the Washington state championship in soccer in 2016 ... Served on student government as both secretary and treasurer ... 2019 AskNot Fellow ... Student Ambassador ... Founder of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Club ... National Latin Exam Award winner from 2016-18.
Personal: From Mercer Island, Washington ... Played AAU for Seattle Starz ... Brother Ben Fujinaga played lacrosse at Haverford College, graduated 2021 ... Competed with Niki Miles at University of Pennsylvania.
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2025)
Career Highs:
- Shots.....................................1 (3x), vs. Penn (5/15/25)
- Goals.....................................1, at Dartmouth (Penn) (4/23/22)
- Assists...................................1, at Lehigh (Penn) (4/4/23)
- Caused Turnovers……….…..5, at Maryland (Penn) (3/27/24)
- Ground Balls………………….4 (3x), vs. Princeton (Penn) (5/2/24)
- Draw Controls.........................1 (2x), at Boston College (Penn) (5/14/23)
Season Highs:
- Shots.....................................1 (2x), vs. Penn (5/15/25)
- Caused Turnovers……….…..3, vs. Penn State (3/16/25)
- Ground Balls………………….3, at Johns Hopkins (4/3/25)
2025: Started in all 22 games ... Logged 21 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers for the season ... Recorded a ground ball and two caused turnovers in season opener against Notre Dame (2/7) ... Tallied two ground balls and a caused turnover against Colorado (2/21) ... Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover at Marquette (3/7) ... Notched a ground ball and three caused turnovers against Penn State (3/16) ... Logged two ground balls and a caused turnover against Maryland (3/21) ... Caused a turnover against North Carolina (3/27) ... Picked up three ground balls at Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... Had two ground balls at Rutgers (4/6) ... Tallied two ground balls against Oregon (4/13) ... Recorded a caused turnover and a ground ball against Michigan (4/17) ... Picked up a ground ball at Ohio State (4/19) ... Tallied a ground ball in Big Ten Tournament Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (4/25) ... Notched a ground ball and a caused turnover in Big Ten Tournament Title game at Maryland (4/27) ... Fired a shot, picked up a ground ball, and caused two turnovers against Penn to advance to the Final Four (5/15) ... Picked up a ground ball in NCAA semifinals against Boston College (5/23) and in National Championship game against North Carolina (5/25).
2024 (Penn): Started all 20 games on defense … Tied for second on the team with 33 ground balls and was fourth with 23 caused turnovers … Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after she had five caused turnovers and three GBs in a win at then-No. 1 Maryland (3/27) … Prior to that, had two CTs and three GBs in Ivy win over Harvard at Penn Park (3/24) … Finished with three CTs and three GBs in Ivy-opening win against Columbia (3/2) … Caused two turnovers and picked up two ground balls in season opener against Drexel (2/17) … Had two caused turnovers in regular-season home finale against Brown (4/20) … Picked up four ground balls in ILT semifinal win against Princeton (5/3) … Caused a turnover in each of Penn’s first two NCAA games, against Richmond (5/10) and Loyola (5/12), and had three GBs against the Greyhounds ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Penn): Second-team All-Ivy … Started in all 19 games … Totaled 35 ground balls, 21 caused turnovers, two draw controls, and an assist, all of which were career highs … Finished fourth in the Ivy League and third on the team in ground balls (35) … Finished fourth in the Ivy League and second on the team in caused turnovers (21) … Earned her first collegiate assist at Lehigh (April 4) … Had a career-high four ground balls in the Ivy League title game against Yale (May 7) … Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Boston College (May 14) in the NCAA second round ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Penn): One of five players to start in all 15 games ... Played in her first collegiate game against Delaware (Feb. 19), registering two ground balls ... Finished season with 24 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers ... Had a season-high three caused turnovers at Maryland (March 23) ... Scored first collegiate goal at Dartmouth (April 23), which was the game-winner ... Had a season-high four ground balls in the season finale against Columbia (May 1).
2020 (Penn): All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … Did not see game action this season.
High School: 2019 and 2018 US Lacrosse All-American ... Four-year letterwinner and team captain ... Won the Washington state championship in 2019 ... Named both All-Conference and All-State in 2019 and 2018 ... Won the US Lacrosse Jackie Pitts Award for Washington, given to one player from each area who goes 'above and beyond' in service to her team, school, and community ... 2018 US Lacrosse All-Academic ... 2017 All-Conference ... Also lettered four times and served as a team captain for soccer ... Won the Washington state championship in soccer in 2016 ... Served on student government as both secretary and treasurer ... 2019 AskNot Fellow ... Student Ambassador ... Founder of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Club ... National Latin Exam Award winner from 2016-18.
Personal: From Mercer Island, Washington ... Played AAU for Seattle Starz ... Brother Ben Fujinaga played lacrosse at Haverford College, graduated 2021 ... Competed with Niki Miles at University of Pennsylvania.
Lacrosse - 'Cats Fall to North Carolina in National Championship Game
Sunday, May 25
Lacrosse - NCAA Semifinal Postgame Press Conference (5/23/25)
Saturday, May 24
Lacrosse - Comeback 'Cats Take Down Boston College, 12-11, Advance to National Title Game (5/23/25)
Saturday, May 24
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Thursday, May 15
