Chris Ferrick-Manley
Staff Reporter
In this issue of Meet the Green we profile Green Terror basketball player Sally Grace.
Sally Grace is from Catonsville, MD and was a three sport athlete in cross country, basketball, and lacrosse in high school for all four years. She captained the all three sports her senior year and earned all-county honors in basketball senior year. Coming from an athletic family, her older brother Tommy played basketball at Villanova from 2001-2002 to 2004-2005 and her sister also played lacrosse for the Wildcats.
Grace chose McDaniel over Johns Hopkins and Villanova because she wanted to play basketball at the collegiate level.
“I wanted to play at a good program,” said Grace.
At McDaniel Grace majors in Business Administration and plans on graduating this spring. However, she plans on taking graduate courses at McDaniel so she can play out her basketball eligibility. After school, she is interested in entering law, athletic coaching, or sports marketing.
Making the NCAA Tourney in her freshman season with McDaniel still ranks as her greatest athletic accomplishment to date. She considers her greatest individual athletic accomplishment to be hitting two free throws with .02 left on the clock to beat a rival high school that was ranked in Baltimore.
On the other hand, she considers her most embarrassing sports experience to have occurred during cross country practice in 10th grade. She got her shorts pulled down in front of 30 college guys.
“That takes the cake,” said Grace.
Off the court, Grace enjoys pleasure reading; particularly mysteries, and watching television with her roommates.
“Me and my roommate watch a lot of Food Network too, and sports center of course,” said Grace.
Her family are Ravens season ticket holders, holding tickets on the 35-yard line on the opponents sideline. Other spectator sports she enjoys include tennis, baseball, and of course, basketball.
“During the basketball season I mostly watch college basketball,” said Grace, who attended three of Villanova’s NCAA tournament games this previous season.