Colorado State University Athletics
2021 Women's Soccer Roster

Gracie Armstrong
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- Forward
- Hometown:
- Broomfield, Colo.
- High School:
- Legacy HS
- Major:
- Business
- Prev School:
- Washington State
SEASON HIGHS
Games Played - 20 (2019)
Games Started - 20 (2019)
Goals - 6 (2021); T-3rd in CSU History
Assists - 8 (2019); CSU Record
Points - 17 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
Shots - 56 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
SOG - 29 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
GW - 1 (3x vs Fresno State, 10/11/19 & vs Utah State 3/7/21 & vs CC 10/8/21)
MIN - 1624 (2019)
GAME HIGHS (Colorado State & Washington State)
Goals - 2 (vs Idaho State, 9/12/21)
Assists - 2 (2x in 2019 vs Valparaiso, SIU-E & vs Nevada, 10/15/21)
Points - 4 (vs Idaho State, 9/12/21 & vs Nevada, 10/15/21)
Shots - 8 (at Utah State, 10/21/21)
SOG - 5 (at Utah State, 10/21/21)
MIN - 110 (vs Colorado Coloege, 3/28/21 & at Boise State, 10/24/21)
COLORADO STATE RECORDS (2019-21) *At time of conclusion of career
Career Assists - 13
Career Assists/Game - .295
Points Per Game - .795
Shots Per Game - 2.56
Career Shots On Goal - 65
Shots On Goal/G - 1.47
Single Season Assists - 8 (2019)
Single Game Assists - 2 (2x in 2019, 2021) - Tied with 4 others.
Single Season Assists/G - .400 (2019)
Single Season Shots/G - 3.29 (2021)
Single Season Shots On Goal/G - 1.70 (2021)
Single Season Points - 17 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
Single Season Points/G - 1.00 (2019); 2nd in CSU History
Single Season Shots - 56 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
Single Season Shots on Goal - 29 (2021); 2nd in CSU History
Single Season Goals- 6 (2021); 3rd in CSU History
Career Points - 35; 2nd in CSU History
Career Goals - 11; T-3rd in CSU History
Career Shots - 113; 3rd in CSU History
Minutes - 3,770; 10th in CSU History
ACCOLADES
United Soccer Coaches Association All-Pacific Region Second Team (2019)
All-Mountain West First Team (2019, 2021)
All-Mountain West Newcomer Team (2019)
Fall Academic All-Mountain West (2019)
Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2021)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2019-20, 2020-21)
COLORADO STATE
SENIOR (2021-22)
Started 16 of 17 games played including all 11 conference games - one of four Rams to do so…Named All-Mountain West First Team, becoming CSU's first three-time All-MW honoree...Played 1,515 minutes as one of four Rams to eclipse 1,500 minutes...Logged a team-high of 1008 minutes during MW play...Led the team in points (17), assists (5), shots (56), and shots on goal (29)...In MW play, had a team-high 13 points on five assists and four goals…Tallied 39 shots and 19 on goal – both team bests during conference play...Had two goals in the 6-0 win over Idaho State...Scored the lone goal aka game-winning goal against Colorado College in the 56th minute...Goal at Utah State was from 20+ yards out… Assisted Kristen Noonan on the game-winning goal against UNLV in overtime…Had a part of every goal in the 3-2 win over Nevada, assisting two and scoring the first one…Assisted the game-winning goal versus Air Force in the 1-0 win…Scored the equalizer goal at San Jose State in the 82nd minute prior to CSU’s game winner minutes later.
JUNIOR (2020-21)
Forward...All-Mountain West First Team...Started all seven games in CSU's 2-4-1 shortened season due to COVID...Logged the most minutes on the pitch at 632 for an average of 90.3 mpg...Played a career-high 110 minutes against Colorado College...Tied Taylor Steinke on team-high season totals of three goals and six points...Tallied 21 shots with 14 on goal for a .667 SOG%...Scored the first goal of the season in the 4-1 loss to eventual Mountain Division champions New Mexico...Hit the game-winning goal against Utah State from 30 yards out to win 2-1 at Canvas Stadium...Scored the equalizing 1-1 goal in the tie vs. CC off her own corner kick as it curled into the back post...Had her first-career penalty kick blocked against Wyoming.
SOPHOMORE (2019)
Forward...All-Mountain West First Team...All-Mountain West Newcomer Team...Set the school's single season record in assists that also goes down as the career mark with eight...Started all 20 games for the Rams during the program's best season that saw a six-win improvement to a 12-5-3 record and first trip to the Mountain West Tournament...One of seven players that started all 20 games...Eight assists ranked tied-third in the Mountain West as two individuals had nine...Most assists by an underclassmen in MW...Five of her eight assists were to Caeley Lordemann...Clocked 1624 minutes, one of seven student-athletes above 1600+ and the only other forward besides Lordemann...Played three games of over 100 minutes (E. Washington, Wyoming, Fresno State in MW Tourney)...In second game of year, notched two assists including to Kaitlyn Abrams' game-winning goal to defeat SIU-E 3-2...Scored first goal as a Ram off an assist from Ally Murphy-Pauletto at Gonzaga in the 82nd minute to knot it at 1-all before the Bulldogs escaped with a 2-1 win in the final 10 seconds...Tallied two assists against Valparaiso both to Kristen Noonan in the 3-0 win...Assisted Caeley Lordemann's game winner in 1-0 overtime win against New Mexico at home...Scored second goal of the season off a Lordemann assist in the eighth minute of CSU's 1-0 win over Fresno State making her a game-winner...Assisted Lordemann's game winner in 1-0 win vs. Utah State...Assisted Lordemann's equalizer in the 82nd minute to tie Nevada at 1-all before Lordemann won it in overtime...Assisted Lordemann in the 83rd minute at UNLV to distance the Rams in a 5-2 win...Named Fall Academic All-Mountain West along with 16 other teammates.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
FRESHMAN (2018 - WASHINGTON STATE)
Played in seven games as a freshman, including the Cougars' NCAA First Round matchup against Montana...Scored her first collegiate goal in the NCAA tournament against Montana and played a season-best 20 minutes in the 5-1 win...Made her collegiate debut came against Seattle University.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER
Earned three letters at Legacy High School under head coach Luke Meadows…As a sophomore, earned Second Team All-Conference Honors…As a junior, earned All-American Honorable Mention Honors…Lead Colorado in points with 65, with 25 goals and 15 assists…Earned Golden Boot Award…All-State First Team…All-Conference First Team…A member of Colorado Storm under coach Danny Bills…Placed second at National Finals in 2015-16…Also played with Real Colorado in 2017-18 as part of the US Soccer Development Academy and finished second at the National Finals.
PERSONAL
Gracie Pierce Armstrong … Daughter of Barb, who played basketball at Northern Arizona and Greg, who played soccer at Northern Colorado ... Has four siblings, Kaila, Colten, Paige, and Austin ... Kaila played soccer at Daytona State, Florida Atlantic and West Florida... Majoring in Human Development & Family Studies.