Casper Grening

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Roskilde, Denmark
High School:
Roskilde Handelsskole

2024 Highlights
2024 Second Team All-ACC
2024 USC All-South Region Second Team

2024: Garnered All-ACC Second Team honors … Played in 20 matches and earned 18 starts … Capped his season with six goals and four assists for 16 points ... Attempted a team-high 39 shots, with 14 coming on goal … Scored three points in a win over SMU (9/7) … Recorded a goal in the NCAA Round of 16 win over Kansas City (12/1).

2023 (at Kentucky): Appeared in 14 matches while earning nine starts… Named Preseason Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year and Preseason All-Conference… Finished the season with one assist at Louisville (9/5) while recording 17 shots (nine on goal)… Posted a season-high three shots against Indiana (10/3) and Coastal Carolina (10/7).

2022 (at Kentucky): Appeared and started in all 21 games during his sophomore season… Earned Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors… Netted a career-high 11 goals, five assists and 27 points while tallying a team-high 78 shots including 33 on goal… Finished the season ranked sixth in the NCAA in shots per game (3.7)… Capped his impressive season with a team-high three game-winning goals… Scored his first career brace in the 3-3 tie against West Virginia (10/15)… Scored goals in three straight games (at Indiana, vs. Old Dominion, at South Carolina) for the first time in his career… Scored his first career NCAA Tournament goal in the win over South Florida (11/20) while also recording a career-high nine shots… Scored in the NCAA Sweet 16 loss to Pitt (11/27) while also adding five shots… Notched a career-high two assists in he 6-0 win over Georgia Southern (10/9) while adding eight shots… Posted two games (vs. Louisville, at Indiana) with a goal and assist… Earned Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week honors for the week of Nov. 6.

2021 (at Kentucky): Appeared in six matches while earning his first career start against West Virginia (10/19)… Logged 196 minutes including a season-high 43 minutes at Clemson (11/28) in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16… Recorded seven shots on the season including a season-high three against South Carolina (10/23).

Personal: Son of Søren and Lisbeth Grening... Has one brother, Nicklas... Enjoys hanging out with friends and playing padel tennis... Lists his favorite athlete as Eden Hazard... Listens to rap music and lists Drake as his favorite artist... Majoring in marketing at Pitt.