Grace Keyt

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
New York, N.Y.
High School:
Phillips Exeter Academy

2024-25 (Sophomore): Competed in two races in her second season as a Tar Heel • Coxswain for the 3V8 boat at the ACC Championship • Member of the ACC All-Academic Team • Honored as a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete.

2023-24 (Freshman): Competed in 11 races over five events in her first season in Chapel Hill • Made her collegiate debut with the 3V4 at the Rivanna Romp • Rowed with the 3V8 at the Cardinal Invitational • Claimed a race win in the 3V8 over GW at the GW Invitational • Continued with the 3V8 at the Lake Wheeler Invitational • Helped the 3V8 finish sixth in the Grand Final at the ACC Championships • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Before UNC: Spent three years as a coxswain for Phillips Exeter • Received the Phillip A. Lyster Award in recognition of encouragement, humor, enthusiasm and commitment • Placed third at the NEIRAs with the girls varsity 8 crew • Set a program record while finishing fifth in the youth 4 at the Head of the Charles Regatta • Also played field hockey for a year and was a member of the dance team • Earned high or highest honors for three years • Served as the Co-President for Model UN, the Legal Society and the Graphic Design Club • Was a member of Exonians Against Sexual Assault • Wrote for the school newspaper.

Personal: Daughter of Stewart Griffin and Jessie Keyt • Has one sibling, Felix • Serves as a Free the Facts campus ambassador • A Team Impact and Athlete Ally leadership board member • A mentor for the Carolina Leadership Academy • Tabbed the Michael Green Scholar for Academic Merit • Double majoring in political science and economics with a minor in global cinema.