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2019 Women's Soccer Roster

13 Emily Nelson

  • Position Defender
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Puyallup, WA
  • High School Bellarmine Prep

Biography

WWU: Four-year letterwinner that appeared in 89 career games (50 starts) from 2016-19 ... ended career ranked 6th in games played ... part of program that combined to go 83-8-3 during her career, playing in a pair of national championship games ... selected as the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior (2019) and First Team All-American (D2CCA) ... three-time GNAC All-Academic.

2019 (Senior):

  • GNAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-GNAC.
  • First Team D2CCA All-American and All-West Region.
  • Second Team United Soccer Coaches All-American and First Team All-West Region.
  • Appeared in 25 games (24 starts), logging 1,773 minutes.
  • Anchored NCAA-leading defense with 0.341 goals against average.
  • GNAC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7-13).
  • GNAC All-Academic for third time.
  • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American.
  • Scored 4 goals, including game-winning goal in West Regional Final vs. Point Loma.

2018 (Junior):

  • Appeared in 21 games and started in 19 games, totaling 1,269 minutes played.
  • Scored 2 goals during the season with the game winning goal against Point Loma (Aug. 30).
  • Recorded 2 assists during the season (tied for 5th on team).
  • Key component to the Viking Defense that ranked 13th in NCAA Division II with 0.546 goals against average and tied for 13th in NCAA II with 12 shutouts.
  • Named to United Soccer Coaches All-West Region (Second Team), D2CCA All-West Region (Second Team), and GNAC All-Conference (First Team).
  • Named to United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region team and GNAC All-Academic team (3.62, Kinesiology).

2017 (Sophomore):

  • Appeared in 19 games on the season with 7 starts and 976 minutes of play time.
  • As defense helped the team lead the GNAC conference in goals against average (0.397).
  • Assisted a goal in a 2-0 victory over Seattle Pacific on Nov. 2.

2016 (Freshman):

  • Appeared in all 24 games and played a total of 1124 minutes.
  • Scored 2 goals during season.
  • Scored 1st career goal in a 4-0 win over Seattle Pacific on Oct. 20.
  • Also scored a goal in a 5-1 win over Colorado Mines in the NCAA Tournament West Region Championship.
  • As a defender, helped defense to a 0.396 goals against average (5th in NCAA II), .680 shutout percentage (8th in NCAA II) and school-record 17 shutouts.
Prior to WWU: Four-year starter for Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma ... team captain as a senior ... three-time All-Narrows League first-team selection and was the league co-MVP as a junior ... The News Tribune All-Area and Tacoma All-City First-Team as a senior ... helped lead Bellarmine Prep to a 9-1-3 record and a WIAA 4A quarterfinals appearance as a senior ... was a nominee for the 2015 Athlete of the Year by the Tacoma Athletic Commission ... played club for Washington Premier ECNL 97.
 
Season GP-GS Minutes Goals Assists Points Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2016 24-0 1124 2 0 4 9 .222 3 .333 0 0-0
2017 19-7 976 0 1 1 13 .000 3 .231 0 0-0
2018 21-19 1269 2 2 6 14 .143 5 .357 1 0-0
2019 25-24 1773 4 0 8 23 .174 11 .478 1 0-0
TOTAL 89-50 5142 8 3 19 59 .136 22 .373 2 0-0

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    D
    6'"
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    Defender
    6'"
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    Defender
    6'"
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    Defender
    6'0"
    13
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