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Emilie Soares
Position: F
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif.
Height: 5-5
Previous School: Archbishop Mitty
Position: F
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif.
Height: 5-5
Previous School: Archbishop Mitty
Just the Facts
Full name: Emilie Ann Soares
Born: July 3, 1992
Birthplace: Santa Clara, Calif.
Parents: Jim and Kelly Soares
Siblings: Sean (24), Amie (22), Korie (19), James (16)
Major: undeclared
High school coach: Justina Williams, Melissa Kelly
While with VCU
- Named to CAA All-Rookie Team as a freshman.
- Played and started in all but one of 20 games her freshman season.
- Had six goals, one of which was a game winner, and two assists in 2010-11.
- Finished the season with shot percentage of .273.
- Played and started in all 18 matches for the Rams as a sophomore.
- Served as a team capitan in only her second season with the squad.
- Scored two goals, had two assists, for a total of seven points.
Prior to VCU
- Four-year field hockey standout at Archbishop Mitty High School in Santa Clara, Calif.
- Tabbed Junior of the Year for the Blossom Valley Athletic League in 2008.
- First Team All-Central Coast Section and First Team All-League in 2009.
- Four year Futures participant in Northern California at elite site 11A.
- National Futures Championship selection in 2008, alternate in 2009.
Getting to know Emilie Soares
- Also played two years of soccer and one year of badminton in high school.
- A member of San Jose Fly Hockey Club, participated in the National Festival.
- Her sister Korie is a sophomore midfielder on the UC-Monterey Bay soccer squad.
- Her mother, Kelly, played softball at UC-Berkeley.
EMILIE SOARES - CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
Year | GP | G | A | Pts | Shots | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | PS-Att | DSave |
2010 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 22 | .273 | 14 | .636 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
2011 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | .133 | 11 | .733 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Total | 37 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 37 | .216 | 25 | .676 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
