2023: Started all 20 matches in her final season ... Totaled six goals while adding five assists ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 3-1 win over Kennesaw State ... Scored at McNeese .... Found the back of the net again in the non-conference finale vs UAB ... Scored again at Marshall and hit the game-winner at Coastal Carolina ... Scored her finale goal as a Jaguar vs Texas State ... Finished the season with 39 total shots, with 18 on frame ... Played 90 minutes in 16 of 20 matches .. Program leader for career matches played with 103 ... Second in career starts with 89 ... Finished her five-year career with 85 points, which ranks third in program history, and 29 goals, which ranks sixth ... Program leader for career assists with 31 ... Named First-team all-conference for the fourth time ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-American, her second time earning this honor ... United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region.
2022: Appeared in 18 matches, starting 12 ... Notched two goals and five assists, totaling nine points ... Scored her first goal in the opening match against Kennesaw State ... Scored again in the 5-0 win over Troy ... Notched two assists in the win over Jacksonville State ... Totaled six 90 minute games ... Totaled 110 minutes in both Sun Belt Conference Tournament games ... South Alabama Female JAF Award winner.
2021: Sun Belt Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year ... CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Sun Belt Tournament Most Valuable Player ... United Soccer Coaches second team all-region ... Led the Jaguars to their third consecutive conference tournament title while recording a game-winning goal in the 55th minute against Georgia Southern ... Started in all 20 of her appearances during the season and paced the Jags with 11 goals, 10 assists, 32 points and six game-winning goals ... Recorded a hat trick against Alcorn State (9/12) ... Led the Sun Belt in points, points per game (1.65) and game-winning goals ... Finished in the top five in the conference in shots (47), goals, goals per game (0.60), assists and assists per game (0.45).
2020: Started 23 matches of 24 appearances playing the full duration in 18 including the eight consecutive … Scored six goals with a pair of assists … notched game-winning goals against Georgia Southern twice (10/2 and 10/23) … First team Sun Belt … CoSIDA Academic all-district 4.
2019: Sun Belt Freshman of the Year … First-Team All-Sun Belt … Appeared in all 22 games with 14 starts … Paced the club and second in conference with nine assists … Second on the squad and sixth in conference with 17 points … Scored a brace against ULM, including the game-winner … Recorded a pair of assists during the Sun Belt Tournament, with one in the quarterfinals and the other in the finals.
High School: Graduate of Heritage High School … Earned four varsity letters in soccer, two in cross country and one each and track and softball … Also served two years as wrestling manager … Started four seasons on varsity team and served two seasons as captain … Named attacker of the year three times … Scored 87 goals and 42 as a senior setting a single-season record at Heritage High School.
Club: Played one season with Concorde Fire … Also spent time with Tophat Soccer Club, where they finished third at nationals, won a Disney championship and finished runner up, and was a WAGS champion.
Personal: Full name is Gracelyn Marie Wilson … Born June 27, 2001 in Snellville, Ga. … Daughter of Tony and Shelly Wilson … Has an older brother … Hobbies include spending time with friends, reading on the beach and shopping … Chose South Alabama because it felt like home when she stepped on campus … Favorites – movie: “American Sniper”; book: “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys; athletes: Jake Fromm and LeBron James; foods: mashed potatoes, rice and hashbrown casserole; classes: psychology and algebra … Likes puppies, babies, sunshine and hippos, and dislikes when people smack their food … Doesn’t think about anything when she plays, she’s in the moment and enjoying it to the fullest … Would like to meet Ellen DeGeneres … Wants to get her master’s degree then start a family.
Major: Psychology
