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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

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3 Emma Kershner

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Westfield (Indiana)
  • Hometown Centreville, Va.

Biography

2021: R-SENIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion
  • Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year
  • First Team All-Atlantic 10
  • Second Team VaSID All-State
  • Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
  • Preseason All-Atlantic 10
  • Ranked second on the team with 5 goals and 11 points
  • Started all 17 matches as a central midfielder
  • Notched 2 game-winning goals, pushing her into 4th all-time at VCU for career game-winners (7)
  • Tied for 10th all-time at VCU with 14 career assists
  • Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory at UNCW on Aug. 22
  • Scored a goal in the 2-0 win at Old Dominion on Sept. 2, volleying a cross from Samantha Jerabek into the bottom left corner of the net
  • Netted VCU's opening goal in a 4-1 win at George Mason on Sept. 26, finishing Lyndsey Gutzmer's cross at the near post
  • Scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Fordham on Oct. 14, taking Ella Higgins' cross on the half-volley and finishing inside the left post

2020-21: R-JUNIOR

  • First Team All-Atlantic 10
  • VaSID All-State First Team
  • Started all 13 matches at midfield
  • Finished second on the team with four goals
  • Tallied a team-high five assists
  • Recorded a brace against Davidson (March 3)
  • Scored three game-winners against East Carolina (Feb. 20), Davidson (March 3) and Richmond (April 6)
  • Played a season-high 110 minutes against William & Mary (Feb. 26)


2019: R-JUNIOR

  • Second Team All-Atlantic 10
  • Played and started in all 18 matches in the midfield
  • Scored five goals and added a team-high five assists
  • Netted VCU's first goal of the seaon in the final minute of the match at High Point (Aug. 22)
  • Scored game-winners in the first (High Point) and final match (Massachusetts) of the season
  • Blasted a season-high five shots at Davidson (Oct. 24)

2018: R-SOPHOMORE

  • Made 19 appearances, including 8 starts
  • Scored three goals and added three assists for a total of nine points
  • Posted 25 shots, including 11 shots on goal for a SOG% of .440

PRIOR TO VCU

  • Spent two season (2016-2017) playing collegiate soccer at Indiana, appearing in 15 games
  • Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors
  • Led Westfield High School in scoring
  • Named First Team Concorde District and 6A All-Region in her senior season
  • Ninth ranked player in the region according to Top Drawer Soccer in 2016
  • Competed against the Italian, Bermuda and UAE national teams while playing for FC Virginia in the 2015 ECNL PDP

Personal.

  • Daughter of Eric and Lisa Kershner
  • Exercise Science major
  • Holds a USSF E Coaching License

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Midfield
    3
  • 3

    2019Redshirt Junior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2020-21Redshirt Junior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    3