2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 18
Grace Roark
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- RHP
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Frederick, Md.
- High School:
- Thomas Johnson HS
AS A JUNIOR (2026)
- Made 22 appearance, including 14 starts and six complete games
- Compiled a 4-10 record and a 5.95 ERA while striking out 34 over 80 innings pitched
- Recorded a season-best six strikeouts in her first start against North Carolina A&T, allowing two runs on six hits over five innings pitched to earn her first win and complete game of the season
- Followed that up with a seven inning complete game against Evansville, yielding two runs, one earned, on seven hits while walking one and striking out two
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
- Made 21 appearances (7 starts), including four complete games
- Put together a 5-4 record and a 4.24 ERA in 62-2/3 innings pitched while striking out 35
- Held opponents to just a .283 batting average
- Threw first complete game at Stony Brook on Feb. 14, allowing two runs on six hits while walking three and striking out a season-high of 10 to earn her second win of the season
- Pitched a complete game shutout the next game against Alabama State on Feb. 20, givng up three hits and a walk while striking out 18 in Mercer's 17-0 run rule
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
- Tallied 15 appearances (4 starts), including one complete-game performance
- Compiled a 3-1 record and a 4.23 ERA in 46-1/3 innings pitched with 22 strikeouts
- Limited opponents to a .300 batting clip
- Picked up the win in her collegiate debut, fanning four and yielding just three hits in a 12-5 win over Drexel
- Went the distance in an extra-innings (8.1 IP) loss at Gardner-Webb
- Matched a season-high with four strikeouts on the way to picking up a home win over Georgia State
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered four times at Thomas Johnson High School for coach Paul Jennings
- Raked in 1st Team All-County and team most valuable player laurels as a senior
- Hit .417 with 20 RBI as a senior, while also posting a 1.30 earned run average
- Also lettered in basketball for the Patriots
- Played travel ball with Team North Carolina and coach Kevin Hinde
- Member of Mu Alpha Theta national honor society, science national honor society and Rho Kappa social studies national honor society
- Maintained a 4.8 cumulative grade point average at Thomas Johnson High School
- Graduated 11th in her 435-member senior class
PERSONAL
- The daughter of Meredith and Richard Roark
- Has an older sister, Olivia
- A biochemistry major at Mercer
GET TO KNOW GRACE
- Volunteered at local animal shelter during junior, senior years of high school
- Hobbies include art, music and movies
- Go-to snack is peanut butter & jelly
- Has a fear of drowning
- Best gift she ever received was her dog from her parents
- Favorite color is yellow
- Favorite food is a loaded baked potato and her favorite dessert is cheesecake
- Names former First Lady Michelle Obama as her idol
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