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2019 Women's Soccer Roster

10 Emma Heikkila

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tornio, Finland
  • Prev School Tornion yhteislyseon lukio

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019)
Closes career ranked among the Top-3 in program history in goals (34), game-winning goals (10), assists (17) and points (85)…D2CCA Second Team All-American…United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American…CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team…CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team member… Selected First Team All-South Region by both the D2CCA and United Soccer Coaches…First Team All-SSC (First player in program history to accomplish the feat in three consecutive seasons)…Team captain…Earned a nod on SSC All-Tournament Team…Appeared in all 23 matches, making 22 starts…Logged a total of 1,740 minutes of game action, second-most on the team…Finished the season with 35 points on 14 goals and a team-high seven assists…Recorded 90 shots, 42 coming on goal…Tallied five game-winning goals…Converted both penalty kick attempts…Rattled off a seven-game goal streak during the regular season – the first such by an NSU player since 2016…Ranked among the Top-5 in the SSC in every offensive statistical category except assists per game…Back-to-back SSC Offensive Player of the Week (9/30 and 10/7)…Played 90-plus minutes in 11 games, matching a career high with 110 at Eckerd (11/8)…Selected department-wide as the recipient of the women's soccer Ultimate Shark Award…Registered a combined four goals in the NCAA Tournament, including a multi-score effort in NSU’s upset over South Region top seed Mississippi College (11/24)…Named to the 2019 Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society.

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Recognized on the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team...Honored as a member of the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team...D2CCA All-South Region Second Team...Picked First Team All-Sunshine State Conference...Selected to the SSC All-Tournament Team...SSC Player of the Week (10/15)...Appeared in 19 matches, making a team-high 17 starts...Logged a team-high 1,446 minutes...Totaled a team-high 23 points on nine goals and five assists...Ranked second in the SSC in both shots (79) and shots per game (4.16)...Finished third in the league in points and points per game...Tied for third in the SSC in goals...Tied for ninth in the SSC in assists...23 points ranked tied for eighth-most in a single season in program history...Notched game-winners against both Embry-Riddle (9/19) and Palm Beach Atlantic (10/10)...Posted a five-game point streak from 10/3-10/20...Converted lone penalty kick attempt of the season...Played at least 90 minutes in eight games...Started NCAA Tournament match against Mississippi College (11/10)...Named to the 2018 Fall SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-South Region honoree...Selected First Team All-Sunshine State Conference...Named the SSC Offensive Player of the Week (10/9)...Started in all 12 matches in which she appeared...Logged 829 minutes of action...Led the team in both goals (6) and points (14)...Tallied two assists...Recorded 34 shots, including 11 on target...Ranked tied for second in the SSC in goals per game (.500)...Finished fourth in the SSC in points per game (1.17)...Notched multi-goal effort at Florida Southern (10/7)...Registered at least one point in a season-high four straight matches (9/27-10/7)...Played a season-high 110 minutes against Florida Southern (10/7)...Collected one goal and one assist in road win at Barry (10/4)...Scored game-winner in 75th minute against Saint Leo (10/14)...Selected to the 2017 Fall SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Named to the All-Sunshine State Conference Tournament Team...made 12 starts in 13 appearances, logging almost 1000 minutes of play...ranked second on the team in goals (5), points (13), shots (47) and shots on goal (15)...tied for second on the team in assists (3)...recorded first two collegiate goals in a crucial 2-0 regional, road win against Mississippi College (9/11)...scored a goal and assisted on the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Tampa (9/17)...notched the game-tying goal in a 1-1 draw against Rollins (10/15)...provided the game-winning goal in the 78th minute against Barry in the SSC semifinal (11/4)

PERSONAL
Plans to major in finance...Daughter of Tuomo Heikkilä and Merja Alakärppä-Heikkilä, and has two siblings, Hanna and Akseli...Most memorable athletic achievement was a hat trick in a national team game in the European qualifiers...Likes the atmosphere most about NSU...Favorite food is beefsteak with cream garlic potatoes, and Chris Hemsworth is her favorite actor...Hobbies include cleaning and cooking.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016Freshman

    Mid./For.
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2017Sophomore

    M/F
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2018Junior

    M
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2019Senior

    M
    5'5"
    10