2025 Women's Water Polo Roster
Houlahan, Grace

Jersey Number 7
Grace Houlahan
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Laguna Beach
- Hometown:
- Laguna Beach, Calif.
Bio
Awards:
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2025: Appeared in all but one game, making 14 starts … Added four goals and 16 assists … Scored vs. No. 22 Wagner (Jan. 26) and Iona (Mar. 19) … Registered goals vs. Bucknell in the CWPA Semifinal (Apr. 26) and vs. No. 15 Harvard in the CWPA Championship (Apr. 27).
2024: Saw action in 26 games, putting up three goals and 15 assists … Put up two assists, two drawn ejections and two blocks vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Scored vs. Siena (Feb. 17), vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) and vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28).
2023: Played in 25 games … Put up four goals and seven assists along with nine steals … Registered goals in three straight games (Apr. 2-8) … Had three steals vs. Bucknell (Apr. 1).
2022: Played in all 31 games for the Tigers, with 25 starts...Tallied 14 goals, 17 assists, 37 steals and 22 blocks...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. Iona (Jan. 22)...Netted two goals at Villanova (Feb. 4) and vs. VMI (Feb. 12)...had two assists in a game three times...recorded four steals vs. Brown (Feb. 27) and at Long Beach State (Mar. 8)...blocked three shots at San Diego State (Mar. 6).
Before Princeton:
Laguna Beach: Second-team All-American and second-team All-League in 2018 … Earned team's Most Valuable Defender … Team was four-time League Champions, earned three State titles and three Division I CIF crowns … Also lettered in Swimming and Diving … Academic All-American … Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Daughter of Katie and Mike Houlahan … Has two siblings.
Career Stats:
Career Highs:
Goals: 2, 2x - MR - vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (2/11/22)
Assists: 3, 2x - MR - vs. Mercyhurst (4/5/25)
Steals: 4, 2x - MR - at No. 9 Long Beach State (3/8/22)
Drawn Ejections: 2, 4x - MR - vs No. 22 Brown (3/29/25)
Blocks: 3, at No. 21 San Diego State (3/6/22)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2025: Appeared in all but one game, making 14 starts … Added four goals and 16 assists … Scored vs. No. 22 Wagner (Jan. 26) and Iona (Mar. 19) … Registered goals vs. Bucknell in the CWPA Semifinal (Apr. 26) and vs. No. 15 Harvard in the CWPA Championship (Apr. 27).
2024: Saw action in 26 games, putting up three goals and 15 assists … Put up two assists, two drawn ejections and two blocks vs. Villanova (Feb. 8) … Scored vs. Siena (Feb. 17), vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) and vs. No. 13 Michigan in the CWPA Championship game (Apr. 28).
2023: Played in 25 games … Put up four goals and seven assists along with nine steals … Registered goals in three straight games (Apr. 2-8) … Had three steals vs. Bucknell (Apr. 1).
2022: Played in all 31 games for the Tigers, with 25 starts...Tallied 14 goals, 17 assists, 37 steals and 22 blocks...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. Iona (Jan. 22)...Netted two goals at Villanova (Feb. 4) and vs. VMI (Feb. 12)...had two assists in a game three times...recorded four steals vs. Brown (Feb. 27) and at Long Beach State (Mar. 8)...blocked three shots at San Diego State (Mar. 6).
Before Princeton:
Laguna Beach: Second-team All-American and second-team All-League in 2018 … Earned team's Most Valuable Defender … Team was four-time League Champions, earned three State titles and three Division I CIF crowns … Also lettered in Swimming and Diving … Academic All-American … Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Daughter of Katie and Mike Houlahan … Has two siblings.
Career Stats:
Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
2022 | 31 | 14 | 43 | 17 | 37 | 0-0 | 8 | 22 |
2023 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0-0 | 5 | 10 |
2024 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 0-0 | 8 | 11 |
2025 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 0-0 | 8 | 4 |
Career | 109 | 25 | 109 | 55 | 64 | 0-0 | 29 | 47 |
Career Highs:
Goals: 2, 2x - MR - vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (2/11/22)
Assists: 3, 2x - MR - vs. Mercyhurst (4/5/25)
Steals: 4, 2x - MR - at No. 9 Long Beach State (3/8/22)
Drawn Ejections: 2, 4x - MR - vs No. 22 Brown (3/29/25)
Blocks: 3, at No. 21 San Diego State (3/6/22)
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
PVC Youth Sports Clinic (Fall 2022)
Wednesday, October 19
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06