2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Emily Pringle
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic
- Hometown:
- La Jolla, Calif.
- Previous School:
- University of Pennsylvania
2023
Appeared in 14 games, making her UCLA debut vs. Georgia in the season opener … Contributed to 10 shutouts … Played a season-high 70 minutes vs. USC.
2022 (University of Pennsylvania)
Two-year team captain who appeared and started in all 16 matches for the Quakers … Ranked third on the team with 1,374 minutes played … Recorded six shots, putting two on goal … Helped lead a defense that limited opponents to one goal or less in 13 matches, including three shutouts … Played all 90 minutes in 13 matches.
2021 (University of Pennsylvania)
Named to the All-Ivy League second team … Appeared and started in 15 matches and helped lead Penn to five shutouts … Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory against Cornell and was subsequently named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week … Earned two assists against Yale in a 4-2 win.
2020 (University of Pennsylvania)
Did not play, as the Ivy League’s fall season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019 (University of Pennsylvania)
Appeared in 11 matches, starting six … Helped lead Penn to four shutouts while playing outside back and finished the year with 652 minutes played … Recorded three shots, including one on goal … Made her collegiate debut at Stanford on Aug. 30 and started her first game on Sept. 28 against Harvard … Recorded at least 86 minutes of play five times.
High School/Club
Competed two seasons for Notre Dame HS and graduated from Cathedral Catholic HS … Helped lead Notre Dame to a league championship and was awarded the Newcomer of the Year and Coaches’ Award in 2017-18 … Played club soccer with LA Galaxy San Diego (Our City SC) and competed in the DA playoffs in 2019 … Competed in swim and surf at Cathedral Catholic.
Personal
Full name is Emily Grace Pringle … Born in Los Angeles, Calif. … Parents are Carolyn and James Pringle … Has a younger sister, Anna, who plays volleyball at Stanford … Father James was a swimmer for the Australian National Team at the World Games and the Pan Pacific Games … Uncle Andy Burke played soccer at UCLA and scored the winning goal in the eighth overtime at the 1985 NCAA Championship … Decided to attend UCLA to use her fifth year of eligibility “at the best women’s soccer program in the country” and fulfill a “lifelong dream” of playing soccer at the school … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as scoring her first collegiate goal … Athletes she admires are Crystal Dunn and Serena Williams … Enjoys surfing and swimming … Graduate student in the Transformative Coaching and Leadership program of the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
