Marika Gray

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  • Marika
  • Gray

  • Position
    Forward
  • Class
    Senior
  • Height
    5' 7
  • High School/Other
    Hayfield Secondary
  • Club Team
    SYC Galaxy
  • Hometown
    Alexandria, Va.
Click on a season/game below to show/hide the game-by-game stats/boxscore.
YearGP-GSGAPTSSHSHOT%SOGSOG%YC-RCGWPK-ATT
200718-16862255.14527.4910-020-0
20088-8421030.13313.4330-020-0
200924-241022269.14532.4640-050-0
201021-21581868.07433.4850-000-0
Career71-69271872222.122105.4733-090-0

General: Holds the school record for career game-winning goals with nine, points with 72, shots with 222 and multi-goal games with five… Currently ranks second all-time in goals (27) and assists (19) ... Is tied for eighth all-time with 69 career starts.

2010: Started all 21 games for the Hokies … Finished the year first on the team in shots (68) and shots on goal (33), second in points (19) and assists (9), and third in goals (5) … Took three shots against Dayton in the NCAA Tournament … Assisted a goal in the first round of the ACC Tournament against No. 3 North Carolina … Tied a career-high with seven shots, while also assisting two goals and scoring one of her own on Senior Day against NC State … Assisted a goal at Clemson … Tallied five shots at Miami … Took six shots and scored one goal against No. 19 Wake Forest … Scored a goal at No. 1 North Carolina … Tallied five shots against No. 11 Virginia … Had an assist against Vanderbilt … Took four shots, tallying a goal and an assist against Villanova in the Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational … Had an assist against Long Beach State … Scored a goal and assisted another at No. 9 Texas A&M … Assisted a goal in the home opener against American.

2009: Played in and started all 24 games … Finished the year with a team-leading 10 scores while also tallying two assists, 22 points and five game-winners … Her 2009 totals helped her to fifth on the single-season points and goals lists … Tallied three postseason goals after scoring two against Dayton and one against Murray State … Was named Tech Athlete of the Week for her first-round performance … Scored two goals in five minutes against Wake Forest … Earned CS360.com Primetime Performer honors for her performance against Wake … Scored the game-winning goal against then-No. 1 North Carolina … Tallied first multi-goal game of the season after netting two against UNC Greensboro … Earned All-ACC second team honors for the second time in her career … Was named to the VaSID All-State first team.

2008:Started and played in eight matches … Third on the team in goals (4) and assists (2) … Recorded a goal and an assist against Evansville ... Scored the Hokies’ lone goal against then-No. 11 Texas A&M … Netted goals against George Washington and George Mason … Missed the last 15 matches of the season due to a knee injury.

2007: Played in all 18 contest as a freshman, while making 16 starts… Became the first player since Emily Barnhart in 2002 to lead the team in both goals (8) and assists (6) … Finished fifth in the ACC in points per game (1.22) … Scored two goals in her first career game against Radford … Earned ACC Player of the Week and Soccer America Team of the Week honors after scoring two goals against then-No. 13 Tennessee … Recorded the game-tying goal against Clemson with 53 seconds remaining … Scored goals against Elon, Miami and North Carolina … All six of her assists came in the final three games of the season versus Maryland, Longwood and Boston College … Named to the 2008 U.S. Under-20 Women’s Soccer National Team player pool … Earned Third Team Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American, Third Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region, Second Team All-ACC and Second Team All-VaSID honors.

High School/Club:Earned four letters at Hayfield Secondary … A three-time, First Team All-District and All-Region honoree … Earned All-Metro honors as a junior and senior after setting a school record for goals in a single season … Named First Team All-Examinerand Patriot District Player of the Year … Helped the Springfield Youth Club advance to the state cup semifinals as a senior … Nominated for the SYC Player of the Year award as a junior … A district and regional champion in the 4x200-meter relay … Earned All-District, All-Region and All-State honors in track.

Personal:Born on Sept. 20, 1989, in Fairfax, Va. … Daughter of Dale and Lee Gray … Has one sister, Valencia, who graduated from Tech in May 2008 … Majoring in biology.