Tigers Representing Grace in the Professional Ranks

Apr 5, 2022 | The Journey

ALLEN DURHAM

AT GRACE: Three-time National Champion, Threetime All-American, 2011 Pete Maravich Award Recipient, All-Time leader in Points and Rebounds, Hall of Fame Class of 2018

NOW: Ryukyu Golden Kings in Okinawa, Japan

DEBBIE PEKEL ’17

AT GRACE: 2016 Regional Player of the Year, 2013 and 2016 All-American, Four-time All-Region, All-Time Assists Leader (33)

NOW: Head Coach of Women’s Arena Soccer, Muskegon Risers in Muskegon, Michigan

ALICIA CONTRERAS ’20

AT GRACE: 2018 National Champion, 2019 Team MVP, 2019 All-American, 2018 and 2019 All-Region

NOW: Great Lakes Wanderers Arena Soccer in Grand Rapids

KEOANTE BLACKAMORE

AT GRACE: 2019 National Champion and starter for 2020 First Place NCCAA finishing team (the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19), 2020 All-Region Honorable Mention

NOW: FIMA 94 Elite in Yerevan, Armenia

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Carter Willis – New Found Faith

Carter Willis – New Found Faith

“I’ve changed,” Carter Willis ’25 admits. Where My Story Changed Growing up, Carter didn’t have faith of any kind. His parents weren’t Christians, and Christ was never a topic of discussion. When Carter was two years old, his parents divorced and he was thrown into...

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Jessica Burgett – Finding a New Home

Jessica Burgett – Finding a New Home

Where My Story with Grace Began The story of how I got to Grace is part of a love story between Jesus and me. When my Sunday school teacher said that to me, I was a 16-year-old girl who had left home due to traumatic circumstances and a toxic situation in...

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Benaiah Nyanjui – Airborne Mission

Benaiah Nyanjui – Airborne Mission

“God, Give Me a Sign,” Benaiah Nyanjui ‘25 prayed before his tour of Grace Christian UniversityIt was an honest and earnest prayer, but he had no idea how it would be answered. TAKEOFF Born to missionary parents, Benaiah was raised in Kenya where he and his family...

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