Grace Gray

Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher / Outfield
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Cascade
Hometown:
Brownsburg, Ind.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Brett Taber at Cascade High School ... helped guide the Cadets to a 97-18 record over her high school career, including a 30-2 mark on the way to a State Championship her junior season ... led the team to regional championships as a sophomore and junior, and sectional titles all four seasons ... team also won Indiana Crossroads Conference titles in her first three seasons, before moving out of the conference for her senior season ... earned First Team All-State honors as a junior and senior, while earning all-conference honors in her first three seasons ... named the 2025 Cascade High School Female Athlete of Year and was Team MVP in each of her final three seasons ... also named a Hendrick County Iconic Athlete of the Week ... recorded her 500th career strikeout in the 2024 IHSAA Class 2A State Championship game versus Lapel, striking out 13 total batters over 7.0 innings in a 4-2 victory ... finished her high school career with 624 strikeouts over 72 appearances and 383.0 innings of work ... earned an 18-2 record and 1.62 ERA during the state tile run as a junior, while also boasting a .484 batting average with 11 doubles, five triples, seven home runs, 48 runs scored and 37 RBIs ... two of her doubles came in the state title game ... was a .470 career batter, with 26 doubles, 22 triples and 20 home runs ... also scored 138 career runs and drove in 142 career RBIs ... was also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball for Cascade.

WHY BALL STATE: I could tell it was the environment that I wanted to be in for my four years and that it was somewhere where I can grow and be around people who want me to succeed.