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2018 Field Hockey

9 Emily McNamara

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Westfield HS
  • Hometown Centreville, Va.

Biography

2018: SENIOR

  • Named NFHCA Second Team All-American and NFHCA All-South Region First Team
  • Named Synapse Sports Third Team All-American and VaSID All-State First Team
  • Named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year and All-Atlantic 10 First Team
  • Led the country in goals with 27 and set new VCU school record
  • Ranked second nationally in points per game at 3.00 during regular season and goals per game at 1.42
  • Named NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19, 2018
  • Recorded 111 total shots with 71 shots on goal, also added three assists
  • Set a school record with 57 total points and scored four game-winning goals
  • Finished her career holding the VCU school record in career goals with 75, shattering the previous mark of 53 set by Kelsey Scherrer (2009-13)
  • Set new VCU marks for total points in a career with 177 while breaking her own school records of goals in a season with 27 and total points in a season with 57
  • Named A-10 Player or Co-Player of the Week four times (8/27), (9/17), (9/24) and (10/22)
  • Selected to NFHCA Senior All-Star Game

2017: JUNIOR

  • Named to All-Atlantic 10 First Team, NFHCA All-South Region Second Team and VaSID All-State First Team
  • Set program record for goals in a season with 21 and broke her own school record for points in a season with 51
  • Earned A-10 Player of the Week honors three times (9/18, 10/23, 10/30)
  • Played and started in all 20 games for VCU
  • Led the team in goals (21), shots (132) and shots on goal (81)
  • Ranked second on the team in assists with nine
  • Scored four game-winning goals
  • Currently ranks second in school history in career goals (48), assists (24) and points (120)

2016: SOPHOMORE

  • Set then-VCU single-record of 45 points
  • Scored a team-high 18 goals and ranked second on the team with nine assists
  • Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team
  • Named to the VASID All-State First Team
  • Named NFHCA All-South Region Second Team
  • Appeared in all 18 games and started 15 of them
  • Led the team with 107 shot attempts and 60 shots on goal
  • Scored four game-winning goals

2015: Freshman

  • Second Team All-10 selection and All-Rookie Team
  • Appeared in and started 17 games
  • Led the team in goals with nine
  • Scored in each of the first three games on the season
  • Scored the lone goal of the season finale defeating Lock Haven (11/1) 1-0

PRIOR TO VCU:

  • Tallied 67 goals and 63 assists during her career at Westfield
  • Three-time Northern Region All-Tournament and Concorde Conference honoree
  • Four-time 3.5 Scholar Athlete and a member of the Student-Government Association

"I chose VCU because out of all the places I visited it felt more like home. Every time I was on campus I fell more in love, and when I wasn't on campus I missed it. And that's how I knew VCU was my dream school."

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2016Sophomore

    Forward
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2017Junior

    Forward
    5'9"
    9
  • 9

    2018Senior

    Forward
    5'9"
    9