Houston Christian University Athletics

2023 (Sophomore): Saw action in 29 matches … had 982 assists for a 10.34 average, good for third in the Southland … moved over 2,000 assists for her career against New Orleans (10/28) becoming the seventh player in school history to hit that plateau … finished the season with 2,250 career helpers … had a season-best 50 assists at Tulane (9/16) … posted 13 double-doubles on the season … second on the team in total digs and digs per match … ended the year at 2.88 digs per and set a new single-match best with 21 at Southeastern Louisiana (10/21) … matched career-high with five blocks against Arkansas State (9/1) and had six matches with three or more kills … had eight matches with 40 or more assists, giving her 25 over two seasons … was named Southland Setter of the Week three times (9/4, 9/25, 11/6) on the season ... 

2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Named All-Southland (Second Team) and was chosen the SLC Newcomer of the Year ... played 34 matches totaling 1,268 assists on the season, which ranked as the 10th highest single-season mark in school history … ranked second in the Southland at 10.06 assists per set and had 17 matches with 40 or more … second on the team in total digs and digs per match … averaged 2.84 digs per and totaled 20 double-doubles on the season … set a career-high with 62 assists against Nicholls (10/20) … had a season-high 19 digs at Northwestern State (10/1) … set personal best of seven service aces against Mississippi Valley State (9/9) .. had career-highs of five kills and five blocks against Incarnate Word (11/1) … matched the five blocks one match later against McNeese (11/3) … named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the second straight season ... 

2021 (Freshman): Missed the entire season due to injury … named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... 

High School:  Three-year starter at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas for coach Ryan Mitchell ... as a senior was on the AVCA Under Armour All-American Watch List … 10^th-ranked libero by MaxPreps and 67^th overall in the Dallas area by Prep Dig ... led Lovejoy to the 2019 Class 5A state championship, earning second-team all-district and academic all-district honors for the second-straight year ... helped Lovejoy to a state runner-up finish as a sophomore ... played club volleyball for Skyline Juniors and earned the Skyline Award for Leadership every year from 2016-19 ... in 2016 helped Skyline finish fifth in the Nationals Open Division as well as a third-place showing in the Nationals American Division in 2015 …
Personal: Full name is Grace McLaughlin … born January 28, 2003 … daughter of Jason and Stephanie McLaughlin … older brothers Austin and Dan, younger brother Will … majoring in Kinesiology-Wellness Management …