Grace Linton is entering her second year as a graduate assistant coach with the Newman Women's Soccer program in 2020-21.
Linton assists with all facets of the Jet program, including game and practice preparation and team and individual training.
She joins the soccer coaching staff after playing two seasons with Emporia State and her final two seasons at Newman University.
In her career at Newman University, Linton was a key attacking player for the Jets. She appeared in 30 games, starting 29 of them. She scored 24 goals, 6 assists, 54 points, 95 shots, and 51 shots on goal. She earned four Player of the Week honors in her career at Newman. Linton also received All-Heartland Conference second team in 2017, All-Heartland Conference First team in 2018 as well as Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the year in 2018.
Before Linton came to Newman she started her career at Emporia State University. She played in 18 games and started in 14 of those games for the Hornets. She had 11 goals, one assist, 23 points, 47 shots and 18 shots on goal. She also attained Player of the Week honors as well as earned third-team all-conference honors in the MIAA her freshman year.
In her career at Trinity Academy High School, she scored 66 goals in two years, along with 15 assists. She was a 2x First-Team All-State player and earned 4A Player of the Year her junior year.
Linton also has some coaching experience as she coaches an 03-05 girls team for Rush and is an assistant coach for Trinity Academy High School.
Linton is pursuing a Masters degree in Business Administration. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Linton graduated from Newman University with a bachelor's degree in Sports Communications from Newman University.
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