JuliaGrosso

2021 (Fifth Year)

• Team captain
• 2021 SEC Preseason Watch List
• One of four Wildcats who started all 19 games
• Fired off 20 shots, including nine on target
• Key member of UK’s back line that posted five shutouts
• Logged 1,567 minutes

2020 (Senior)

• Team captain
• Started all 10 games
• Scored one goal against Tennessee
• Recorded one assist versus Pittsburgh
• Had 13 shots, including seven on goal
• Logged 952 minutes

2019 (Junior)

• Played in all 19 games, scoring twice with one assist
• Spent 1,267 minutes on the pitch during the season

2018 (Sophomore)

• One of the most improved players on the team from 2017
• Moved from the midfield and front lines to a full-time defender
• Has started all four games of the season which is already more than all of last season
• Very popular player in the locker room, outgoing personality, fun to be around
• After missing three matches, returned from concussion protocol vs. Florida
• 2018 Fall Sports SEC Academic Honor Roll

2017 (Freshman)

• Appeared in every game this season
• Earned her first-career start vs. Loyola-Chicago
• Scored her first-career goal in the second half vs. Lipscomb, less than a minute after being subbed in – it was her first touch of the ball in the half
• Can play both an advanced midfield role, or up top as a target forward and a wide attacker as well
• Launched seven shots this season with four of those on goal

Prior to UK

• Played club soccer for Sunrise FC in Florida under the direction of Scott Shewey
• With Sunrise, she was part of a State Cup championship team, in addition to being regional runners-up
• With St. Thomas High School, she won the state championship her sophomore season and was a state quarterfinalist her junior year in addition to being named All-County