Washington State University Athletics

COLLEGE CAREER
The Castle Rock, Colorado native capped her career with a goal and three assists in her final match, finishing her career with 21 career goals, 97 career matches, and 12 career assists in over 4,600 minutes played…played as a freshman in the 2019 College Cup.
 
WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
RS-Fifth Year (2024) – Granted medical redshirt and returned for final season of eligibility…named All-WCC First Team… played in all 19 matches, starting 16 games…top point-scorer in her final season, netting four goals with five assists, including all four goals in Conference play…in her final game, delivered five points with one goal and three assists in a win over Pacific (Nov. 9)…scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Saint Mary’s (Oct. 9)…West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention.

Fifth-Year (2023) – Started the first three games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the win at Portland, Aug. 24…named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 21 for her game-winning brace at Texas A&M…tallied the assist in the program’s first win over Portland…utilized NCAA COVID Eligibility Relief to return for 2023 season.

Senior (2022) – Started all 19 matches for WSU…second on the team with four goals scored…tallied a goal in three-consecutive games, scoring the opening goal at Seattle (Sept. 1) before adding a second against Denver (Sept. 4) and the game-winning goal against Cal Poly (Sept. 11)…fourth goal came in a 1-0 win over Utah, securing Coach Todd Shulenberger’s 89th WSU win (most in program history)…also notched three assists, setting up goals against Eastern Washington (Aug. 28), at USC (Oct. 30), and hosting Washington (Nov. 5)…earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors, while being named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll and WSU Athletics November Student-Athlete of the Month.
 
Junior (2021) - Played in all 21 games while starting in all but one game… finished the season second on the team in both goals and points, posting career bests in both with eight and 18, respectively… racked up a team-best two multi-goal games in contests against San Diego State and Northern Colorado… returning to full health, she played 1,321 minutes nearly tripling her previous high for a season... was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore (2021 Spring) – Returned from hip surgery in the fall to play in 11 games with five starts...made her return and her first career start at home in the second game of the season against Eastern Washington (Feb. 12)...scored her first goal of the season in her first game of the year, netting the first goal of the game just 6:02 into the contest...added her second career Pac-12 goal against Oregon State (April 9), slotting home the game-winner for the Cougs in a 3-2 win...played 427 total minutes on the year...named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
 
Freshman (2019) – Appeared in all 24 games while logging 507 minutes… scored one goal and tallied one assist on the year… notched her first career assist in her first career game at Seattle U (Sept. 22)…posted her first career goal against Utah (Oct. 31), logging the Cougs’ game-winner in a 4-1 victory.
 
COLLEGE HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 CSC Academic All-District First Team
• 2024 All-WCC First Team
• November 2022 WSU Student-Athlete of the Month
• One (1) Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honor

 
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER
A 2019 graduate of Rock Canyon High School, Lynch was a four-time letter winner for the Jaguars …  in her final season she led the Jaguars to a share of the Continental League title for the second-straight season while advancing to the quarterfinals of the Colorado State Soccer Tournament after upsetting the No. 1 seed … she was named the Continental League Player of the Year after posting 14 goals and five assists in 12 games before an injury ended her season … as a junior, Lynch and Rock Canyon took home a Continental League title after posting an impressive 16-3 record on the field. The Jaguars would bow out of the state tournament in the semifinals, falling to the eventual state champions, 3-2, in overtime … At the club level, Lynch plays for Real Colorado U19 ECNL the training ground for Pac-12 All-Freshman honoree and Coug teammate Mykiaa Minniss.
 
PERSONAL
Grayson Nicole Lynch ... born in Louisville, Ken. … daughter of Teresa and Beau Lynch ... has two siblings, Mackenzie and Harris ... majoring in human development with minors in business administration and communication.
 
 
NEWS CLIPPINGS

• NC Courage Announces Preseason Roster
• WSU Soccer: Grayson Lynch Pacific Postgame, 11/9/24
• WSU Soccer: Highlights at Portland 8/24/23
• Lynch Named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
• WSU Soccer: Highlights at Texas A&M 8/20/23
• Grayson Lynch: From club to hopeful-professional