Grace Matos

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Studio

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Headshots

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Miami Beach, Fla.
High School:
Miami Beach Senior

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024-2025 (Junior): Started the fall campaign in the Blue Devils’ B boat, earning a silver medal in the Dash for the Dr. Lenny Peters Cup at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6) … part of the Third Varsity Eight boat that finished 28th overall at the Princeton Chase (11/3) … competed with the 2V8 and V4D boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the V4 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … guided the V4 to a top time of 7:30.333 in the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) … followed with a second-place finish, improving their time to 7:28.994 to close out the regatta … went up against a stacked field of 23 teams at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), collecting a pair of third-place finishes in the V4 … raced as part of the V4 crew that helped the Blue Devils secure second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V8 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in all nine regattas … member of the Varsity Eight A boat that clocked a time of 15:44, against the Ukraine women’s national team at the High Point Rowing Festival … part of Duke’s Championship 8+ boat that finished 22nd overall at the 58th Head of the Charles with a time of 17:16.727 … raced in the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four B boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, sweeping all three races she competed in … part of the Second Varsity Eight lineup that collected top times against No. 9 Michigan (6:58.0) and No. 12 Ohio State (6:54.2) in its two races at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … placed second in both Varsity Four races against a highly competitive field at the Big Ten Invite … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational … brought home a gold medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler … competed against a tough 22-team field to earn a second-place finish in the C Final race at the NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio.

2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in all eight regattas during her rookie season ... made her collegiate rowing debut at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6), as a member of the Varsity Eight D boat ... claimed a first-place finish in the Novice 8+ race at the Rivanna Romp (11/13), with a time of 13:22 ... stroked the V4+ in three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ... led the V4+ to a second-place finish behind No. 9 Michigan and a first-place time against No. 14 Ohio State at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1) ... stroked the V4+ in three races at the Big 10 Invitational (4/7-8), earning a pair of first-place finishes and a close second place ... helped the Blue Devils defeat No. 9 Syracuse and No. 8 Penn and capture the 2023 Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a silver medal with Duke's Varsity Four at the ACC Championships (5/12-13) ... led the V4+ to a fifth-place finish in the Petite Final of the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).

Prior to Duke: Attended Miami Beach Senior High School and competed for the Miami Beach Rowing Club ... sat stroke in the 2x, winning the 2022 National Championship at both the USRowing Youth Nationals and USRowing Youth Summer Nationals ... won gold at the 2022 USRowing Southeast Regionals in the 2x (stroke) and the 2019 USRowing Southeast Regionals in the 4X (stroke) … sat stroke in the V4- crew that claimed silver at the USRowing Youth Nationals in June of 2021 ... earned bronze in the U19 4x race at the Head of the Hooch in November 2021 ... four-time Florida State Champion and two-time silver medalist ... claimed a gold medal stroking the V4 at the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association Sweep Championships.

Personal: A native of Miami Beach, Fla. ... daughter of Peter and Karin Matos ... mother Karin competed in cross country and track at Vassar College ... graduated in the top five percent of her class.