#25 Emma Grace Goldman Season 2024
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
Played in and started 17 matches for the Tigers … made her first-career start on Aug. 22 at Villanova … made 108 saves on the season … the 108 saves are the fifth most in an LSU single season … averaged 6.35 saves per match which ranked as the fifth-highest average in single season LSU history … led the SEC in saves (108) and saves per match (6.35 avg.) … registered the first shutout of her career on Aug. 25 at Navy with five saves … followed that performance up with another shutout against McNeese State on Aug. 30 at home with three saves … made a career-high 16 saves in LSU’s road match against Georgia that resulted in a 1-1 draw … the 16 saves in a single match were the second highest total in LSU history for a game … registered her first career assist in LSU’s season finale with a booming drop kick that led to Molly Thompson’s game winner of Kentucky in the 84th minute … played 1,494 minutes in net … finished the season with a goals averaged against of 2.23 … had a .745 save percentage … made double-digit saves in four matches – Villanova (10), Samford (10), Florida (10), and Georgia (16).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
Did not play.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017)
Did not feature in goal for the Tigers during her redshirt freshman season in 2017.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
Redshirted her first season with the Tigers after not featuring in goal during the 2016 campaign.
PRIOR TO LSU
Four-year member of the soccer team at Oakland High School from 2012-15 prior to her enrollment at LSU for the 2016 spring semester … Helped lead her high school team to two regional championships in 2013 and 2015, two district tournament championships in 2014 and 2015 and one regular season district championship in 2015 … Was a three-time all-state performer in Tennessee from 2013-15 … Honored as the District 7-3A Goalkeeper of the Year three times from 2013-15 … Two-time all-region and two-time all-area selection in 2014 and 2015 … Played club soccer with Tennessee Soccer Club 16 Premier from 2011-15 … Member of the TSC 16 Premier team that captured the Disney Tournament Championship in 2014 … Also played with her club team in the prestigious Capital Area Soccer League and Crossroads tournaments … Competed five seasons at the club state tournament in Tennessee from 2011-15 … Also led TSC 16 Premier at the Region III tournament in 2012 … Played with the Tennessee Olympic Development Program Team in 2013 … Coached at youth level by Jeff Boynton, Jeff Porter and Kyle Roelke.
PERSONAL
Full name is Emma Grace Goldman … Born on July 15, 1998 … Father is George Goldman and mother is Tammy Blackwell … Stepmother is Melissa Goldman … Has two sisters, Natalie and Olivia, and one brother, Nicholas … An active student at Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, during her prep career … Member of the National Honor Society, Student Government Association and Beta Club while in high school … Majoring in kinesiology.