2021 Women's Soccer Roster

4 Emily Smith

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Los Gatos, Calif.
  • High School Leigh HS

Biography

Career Highlights
  • Drafted by Racing Louisville in the 2021 NWSL Draft
  • Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year (2020) 
  • Senior Class Award Semifinalist (2021) 
  • First Team All-Pac-12 (2019)
  • Second Team All-Pac-12 (2021)
  • 2x Third Team All-Pac-12 (2017, 2020)
  • First Team All-Region (2019)
  • Second Team All-Region (2021)
  • Third Team All-Region (2017)
  • 2x CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team (2020, 2021)
  • 4x CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 3x Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • First Team Pac-12 All-Academic (2018)
  • TopDrawerSoccer First Team Freshman Best XI (2017)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
As a Senior (2021): Received an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 Pandemic... Played and started in all 18 games during the 2021 season... Led the team in minutes with 1,712 as she played all but three minutes during the season... Honored as a member of the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team...  Earned a spot on the All-Region Second Team... Named a semifinalist for the Senior Class Award... CoSida Academic All-American Second Team... CoSida Academic All-District First Team... Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll... Team Captain for the fourth consecutive season. 

As a Senior (2020-21): Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year... CoSida Academic All-American Second Team... CoSIDA Academic All-District... All-Pac-12 Third Team... Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll... Started in all 10 games she played... Recorded 933 minutes, playing the entire game in all but one contest as she finished seventh on the team in total minutes... Served as one of the team captains for the third straight year.

As a Junior (2019): Served as co-captain for Cal during the 2019 campaign … Appeared in 21 games for the Bears, allowing just 15 goals while helping Cal finish the season with a 0.692 goals against average, good for second in the Pac-12 and 25th overall in the nation … Helped lead the Bears to 10 total shutouts on the season, including a six-game shutout streak to open the year… Also picked up the first points of her collegiate career, finishing the season with three assists and scoring her first career goal in Cal's win over UC Riverside … Recognized as the first player in conference history to be named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week three times in a single season … Earned First Team All-Pac-12 and All-Region honors for her performance leading the Golden Bear defense … Named United Soccer Coaches’ Second Team Scholar All-American … United Soccer Coaches’ First Team All-West Region Scholar honoree … Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection ... 2019 CoSIDA Academic District 8 First Team Honoree … Collected First Team All-Pac-12 and First Team All-Region honors at the conclusion of the season

As a Sophomore (2018): Served as a tri-captain for the Bears as a sophomore … Appeared in 16 games for the Golden Bears and made 15 starts, only missing time due to injury… Finished third on the team in total minutes played, anchoring the Bears at center back… Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team … Earned First Team Pac-12 All-Academic Honors and Cal’s Golden Bear Award for having the highest GPA on the team… Ranked No. 63 in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Player Rankings

As a Freshman (2017): One of only six players to start all 20 games for the Golden Bears… finished third on the team in total minutes played, logging 1,716 total minutes as a freshman… Named to the United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-West Region at the conclusion of the season, while also earning Third Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman honors…Named to the TopDrawerSoccer First Team Freshman Best XI and was ranked No. 3 in the TopDrawer Postseason Freshman rankings… Mainstay on a Golden Bear backline which posted 10 shutouts and matched Cal’s single-season record with just 11 goals allowed on the year

International: Spent time with both the U-18 and U-19 USWNT throughout 2018... Named to the Under-17 United States Women’s National Team for the 2016 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan… Called into U-19 USWNT training camp in 2017

Club Ball: Played for De Anza Force under coaches Andres Deza and Jeff Baicher…U-16 and U-17 NorCal State Cup Champions... ECNL finalists in 2016 and NorCal NPL Spring U-19 Champions

High School: Attended Leigh High School located in San Jose...Team captain and four-year starter … Blossom Valley Athletic League First Team selection for three years and league MVP in 2015… All Mercury News First Team selection in 2016...CIF CCS runner up 2014-15...Also lettered in track, winning titles in the 800, 1600, and high jump
  
Personal: Daughter of Greg and Cindy Smith...Has two younger brothers, Connor and Cooper...Member of National Honor Society since sophomore year...Hobbies include listening to music and hanging out with friends … Club teammate of fellow Golden Bears Luca Deza, Kailee Gifford, and Kayla Fong

Major: Applied mathematics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2017Freshman

    Defender
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Defender
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Defender
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2020Senior

    Defender
    5'8"
    4
  • 4
    C

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Defender
    5'8"
    4
    C