By the time Michaela Graham finished her collegiate career, she had fashioned a 1.11 goals-against average, becoming Rutgers-Camden’s all-time program leader among all goalkeepers with the NCAA minimum of 2,500 minutes played. Graham is tied for third among Scarlet Raptors goalies with eight career shutouts and five career ties, ranks seventh with 13 wins and 2,686:13 minutes played, eighth with 307 shots faced and ninth with 135 saves.
In addition to her contributions to the Scarlet Raptors on the soccer pitch, Graham also has earned numerous academic honors.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 scholastic years…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring, 2022 Fall, 2023 Spring, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring and 2024 Fall semesters…Dean’s List student…One of only 23 athletes on the 167-member 2024 Fall AD Honor Roll to earn a 4.0 GPA.
Soccer 2024: Started all 19 games for the Scarlet Raptors, one of only four players to do so…Played 1,620 of the team’s 1,710 minutes in goal…Posted a 7-8-4 record with a 1.28 goals-against average and a .791 save percentage…Her four ties rank tied for second among the program’s single-season records…Her 1,620 minutes played are the fourth-highest single-season total in the program’s history, her 87 saves rank ninth and her 197 shots faced rank 10th…Notched five shutouts and shared one shutout with Jordana Fredo…Allowed 23 goals…Named New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16…Also named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on Sept. 16…Posted a pair of long shutout streaks, notching 273:11 consecutive scoreless minutes from Sept. 7-21 and a stretch of 220:04 shutout minutes from Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, streaks ranking eighth and 14th, respectively, on the all-time list for Scarlet Raptor goalies…Her streak over the 2022-23 seasons of 392:52 consecutive scoreless minutes still ranks third on that all-time list…Opened the season making six saves during a 1-1 tie against Salisbury at the Seahawk Classic at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (Aug. 30)…Lost a 1-0 game at St. Mary’s (Aug. 31), making one save…Faced 17 shots and made eight saves in a 2-1 loss against Swarthmore (Sept. 4) and nine saves in a 1-0 loss against Mary Washington (Sept. 7)…Collected three consecutive shutouts with four saves in a 0-0 tie at Washington College (Sept. 11), five saves in a 3-0 win at King’s College (Sept. 15) and no saves while splitting the shutout in a 4-0 win over Bryn Athyn College (Sept. 18), facing a total of 22 shots over that stretch…Earned a 5-2 win with two saves against John Jay College (Sept. 21)…Notched back-to-back two-save shutouts with a 2-0 win over Arcadia University (Sept. 24) and a 1-0 victory over Ramapo College (Sept. 27)…Faced 14 shots and collected six saves in a 3-1 loss against NJAC power Rowan University (Oct. 5)…Faced 17 shots and made nine saves in a 2-0 shutout at FDU-Florham (Oct. 9)…Made seven saves and faced 15 shots in a 2-0 loss against Stockton University (Oct. 12)…Faced 10 shots while playing half of a game during a 4-0 loss against national powerhouse The College of New Jersey (Oct. 16)…Made four saves in a 3-1 win at New Jersey City University (Oct. 19), while facing 10 shots…Earned back-to-back ties at William Paterson University (1-1, Oct. 23) and at Kean University (2-2, Oct. 26), making two and three saves, respectively…Faced a season-high 19 shots and made a season-high 11 saves in a 3-0 loss against NJAC power Montclair State University (Oct. 30).
Soccer 2023: Started all seven of her games, posting a 4-2-1 record and a 0.72 goals-against average…Notched three shutouts and shared a fourth shutout with freshman Morgan Riley, while playing 87:55 of the 90 minutes in a season-opening 3-0 win over Neumann University (Sept. 1)…Faced 30 shots…Allowed five goals and made 13 saves, posting a .722 save percentage…Opened her season with 322:49 shutout minutes before a penalty kick by Hartwick broke her shutout string during the Raptors’ 3-1 win Sept. 9…Following that goal, she added 131:10 scoreless minutes before finally allowing a goal against William Paterson during a 2-1 loss Sept. 22, giving her an overall two-year streak of 524:02 minutes without allowing a goal from the flow of play…Following the Neumann game, she recorded consecutive shutouts against King’s (Sept. 2, making four saves in a 3-0 win) and Albright (Sept. 6, no saves in 0-0 tie)…Had one save in a 4-0 shutout over Bryn Athyn (Sept. 16)…Made two and three saves, respectively, in 2-1 losses against William Paterson (Sept. 22) and New Jersey City (Oct. 4).
Soccer 2022: Appeared in seven games, starting five and playing 427:45 minutes…Posted a 2-2 record with 34 saves and a .872 save percentage…Had a 1.05 goals-against average…Shared one shutout with Kayla McKeever…Earned her first career start in a season-opening 2-0 loss against Lynchburg (Sept. 3), but saved 10 shots and played so well that she was named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on Sept. 6…Earned her first career win Sept. 24 at William Paterson University, making five saves in a 4-1 victory over the Pioneers…Notched a 3-1 win against New Jersey City (Oct. 1), making four saves…Combined with McKeever for a 0-0 shutout at Kean (Oct. 8), making one save in 39:50 of playing time.
Soccer 2021: Played in one game, notching 10:33 minutes in goal and helping the Scarlet Raptors blank New Jersey City University, 3-0, on Oct. 16…Faced one shot and made one save.
High School: Multi-sport athlete at Triton Regional High School who earned four varsity letters in soccer, three in basketball and one in lacrosse…Played for Coach Joseph Dacchile in soccer, earning All-Conference First Team honors during both her junior and senior seasons…Captured All-State recognition as a senior…Honor Roll student who was a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National History Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society…Graduated in 2021.
Club Team: GPS Mantua
Personal: Born June 12, 2003…Enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to the gym, listening to music or going to concerts…Health Sciences major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to further her degree in a field of sports medicine…Michaela is the daughter of Joy and Michael Graham of Runnemede.
