Athlete of the Week: Grace Mochnal ’26
Sport: Soccer
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Year: 2025 (Senior)
Hometown: Florham Park, NJ
Favorite Dana meal?
Pita Bar.
What is your major?
Communications with minor in Sports Studies and Exercise Sciences and Italian Studies.
How long have you been playing soccer?
Since kindergarten.
What inspired you to start playing soccer?
I was always obsessed with playing any kind of sports as a child and that was the first organized sport my parents could sign me up for.
Why did you choose to attend St. Lawrence?
My family owns a camp on the St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg/Morristown so I’ve been coming up to the North Country my whole life, and I’ve always known about SLU. My club soccer coach at home knew Sinead (the SLU women’s soccer coach) and after talking to her for a while, I realized SLU was perfect for me.
What is your favorite team memory?
Karaoke on the bus ride home from away games.
What are your favorite hobbies/ other interests?
Watching movies and sports and wakeboarding in the summer.
What is your favorite part of being a collegiate athlete?
Getting to be a part of such an amazing group of people. Going to practice every day is so fun because of how close we are.
How has your season been going so far?
We started off strong against a really tough team in U of R, and even though we lost, I’m proud of how the team played. We closed out the weekend with a win against Potsdam so looking to continue with that momentum against Naz this weekend.
Fun fact?
I studied abroad in Sorrento, Italy last semester.