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Grace Hawkins Class: Junior Hometown: Northport, N.Y. High School: Northport Height: 5-7 Position: Forward Birthdate: 02/20/1988

On Hawkins: Creative forward who is effective at finding scoring chances in the box ... Has a tremendous work ethic and is capable of being a big scorer ... Returns from an injury last season and will compete for playing time on the front line.

2007: Did not play during the season due to an injury.

2006: Earned time on the front line early in the season ... Wound up playing in 20 games for the year and made two starts ... Scored goals in wins over Fairleigh Dickinson and Robert Morris ... Made her first start of the season in the game against Robert Morris and also started against Marquette in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament ... Played in 10 BIG EAST regular season games.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Club team is Cold Spring Harbor Lady Riders ... Region I Northeast Premier League champions in 2005 ... Has been on the roster of the W-League Lady Riders since 2004 ... SYL ODP team member since 2005.

Northport High School: All-State (2005), all-county (2003) and all-league (2002) performer ... Led her team in scoring three times and was the 2005 League 2 Player of the Year ... Team won four straight league championships from 2002-05 ... Team captain ... Played against current Villanova teammates Erin Byrnes and Kelly Eagan ... Also was a two-year letterwinner in indoor track and a one-year lacrosse letterwinner.

Academic and Community Honors: Four-year member of the Honor Roll and a Scholar-Athlete ... Along with 16 other students, raised $137,000 to fight Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).

Personal: Born 2/20/88 in Huntington, N.Y. ... Younger of two children of Bernadette Hawkins ... Has a brother, Joseph (21), who graduated from Villanova in 2008 ... Chose to attend Villanova due to its academic excellence and highly competitive soccer program ... Also enjoyed the campus and location of the school ... Undecided on college major.