MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – JWU (Providence) junior Grace Jaffray has been named to the 2026-27 D3hoops.com Preseason All-America Third Team.

A member of the 2025-26 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III All-America Honorable Mention team, Jaffray closed last season No. 4 in the nation in scoring at 22.7 ppg. The Blue Hill, Maine native was also selected to both the D3hoops.com Women's All-Region 2 First Team and the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) First Team.

The 2025-26 Conference of New England (CNE) Player of the Year scored in double figures in all but two games last year, netting 20+ points14 times and hitting the 30-point mark on seven occasions. The four-time CNE Player of the Week and Blue Hill, Maine native became the seventh student-athlete and first sophomore in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career.

Jaffray enters her junior campaign with 1,132 points, which is six behind Tehesha Parsons (1,138) for sixth place and eight behind Johanna Santosuosso (1,140) for fifth place.

JWU opens the 2026-27 campaign on Friday, November 13 at the Wildcat Center against MIT at 5 p.m.