Head Coach: Chris Hain (1st Season at Emmaus)
Assistant Coaches:
Alexa Nisiotis – 8th Season
Rachel Burcaw – 2nd Season
Susie Racek – 1st Season
Sport: Soccer (G)
Team Name: Emmaus High School
League: EPC
2023 Record: 16-6 1 Overall
Key Players Lost:
Mya Cooper – Defender
Ryleigh McNellis – Midfielder
Julia Adams – Forward
Mackenzie Huffer – Midfielder
Vivi Pinocci-Wrightsman – Forward
Ananya Roy – Forward
Ashley Geder – Defender
Key Returning Players:
Kamryn McWhinney, 2025, 5’8″, Forward, 15 Goals, 14 Assist
Kam has been and will be an integral part of our team. As a Captain Kam will continue to lead our team with her passion and ability. Kam will be attending West Point next fall to continue her academic and athletic career where she will continue to play soccer.
Sophia Isaksson , 2027, 5’4″, Midfielder, 3 Goals, 5 Assist
Sophia works extremely hard in training and in games and looks to continue to build on last year’s success. She will be an important part of our team’s success.
Sophia Shutkufski, 2027, 5’6″ Midfielder, 2 Goals, 2 Assist
Sophia is a very smart, technical player who does a great job in the midfield for us. She leads by example through her hard work and great attitude. Sophia will continue to be a big part of our success.
Ashley Stine, 2025, 5’8″ Goalkeeper
Ashley was a huge part of our success last year and will be a huge part of our success this season as our captain and our keeper. Ashley has developed into a great on field leader and has continued to develop as a keeper. We owe a ton of our success to Ashley and were are lucky to have her in goal for Emmaus. Ashley has committed to Hood College to continue her academic and athletic career continuing to play soccer.
Lizzy Bender, 2027, 5′ 2″ Forward, 13 goals, 7 assist
Lizzy brings to ton of heart, talent and effort to our team that the other players feed off of. As a sophmore we will look for Lizzy to build off last seasons success to help in our success this coming season.
Ella Daly, 2027, 5’4″, Defender, 1 Goal
Ella brings a calmness to our defense making difficult plays look somewhat easy. As a freshman last season Ella was a solid center-back for us last season. Ella is a great on field leader and will continue to be a huge asset to our team.
Gabriella Powell, 2025, 5’3″, Midfielder, 9 Goals, 2 Assist
Gabby works extremely hard in training and in games. Gabby is a player we look to, to guide us through her ability to play through the midfield with her ability to see plays developing. Gabby is a player we will lean on a lot this season to help in our success.
Key Newcomers: Cecelia Lower, 2028, 5’2″, Defender
Olivia Haberl, 2028, 5’7″, Defender
Stella Pietrulewicz, 2028, 5’3″, Defender
Blair Stephens, 2027, 5’6″, Midfielder
2024 Outlook: We have very smart, talented players, most of which play at a high level for their respective clubs which will help us create a style of soccer that we want to play. We have good leaders who will help us create a standard that builds a good culture. We lost some key defensive players last year, so we will work hard to develop players who will fit our defensive style.
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