2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Siesel, Emily
Jersey Number 2
Emily Siesel
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Buckeye Central
- Hometown:
- New Washington, Ohio
Bio
NCAA GAME-BY-GAME & CAREER STATISTICS
PRONUNCIATION
Cecil
2024-25 | Junior
Oct. 2024 - A lasting legacy: Local family has produced 19 Falcons -- and counting
2023-24 | Sophomore
2022-23 | Freshman
PRONUNCIATION
Cecil
 |
Bowling Green |
- Was named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators
- Also named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Played in 28 games off the bench
- Averaged 0.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game
- Had an assist/turnover ratio of 1.80
- Had three points, three rebounds and an assist in the exhibition vs. Wittenberg
- Played three minutes at Detroit Mercy and had a steal
- Scored two points and added a rebound and a steal against St. Bonaventure
- Played 16 minutes at #12/11 Ohio State, and had two points, three rebounds and an assist
- Was on the court for over 16 minutes of the win over Stetson, and had two points, four rebounds, an assist and a pair of steals
- Played five minutes of the victory vs. Arkansas the next day
- Played four minutes against Xavier, and had one point, one rebound and one steal
- Saw five-and-a-half minutes of action at Duquesne, and had an offensive rebound
- Saw action in the Kent State and Eastern Michigan games to begin MAC play
- Played nearly 14 minutes at Miami, and had an assist, a steal and two offensive rebounds
- Saw almost 10 minutes of action at Ohio, with two rebounds in that win
- Played 2:44 in the Northern Illinois game, with a plus/minus rating of +8 in that time
- Had an offensive rebound in the Western Michigan game
- Played 13 minutes against Akron, with three points, a rebound and an assist
- Had a point and a rebound in the win at Central Michigan
- Pulled down two rebounds at Ball State
- Three points, two rebounds and an assist in the win at Arkansas State
- Hit her only shot attempt, a three-pointer, in the win at WMU
- Had career-high totals of six points and three steals in the home win vs. Ohio
- Also had an assist and a plus/minus rating of +8 in nearly 14 minutes of action vs. the Bobcats
- Played over 10 minutes of the Northern Illinois game, with a rebound, an assist and a plus/minus rating of +4
- Had a pair of assists and a plus/minus rating of +9 in nine minutes of the win over Kent State
- Had a rebound in five minutes of work at Eastern Michigan
- Gave BGSU some very good minutes vs. Buffalo in the MAC Tournament
- Had a rebound and a steal, and drew a foul on a UB player, in under three minutes of action
Oct. 2024 - A lasting legacy: Local family has produced 19 Falcons -- and counting
2023-24 | Sophomore
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Saw action in 26 of BGSU's 31 games off the bench
- Averaged 0.5 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 8.9 minutes per game
- Was on the court for a total of 231 minutes on the season
- In MAC play, saw action in all 18 games and averaged 9.8 minutes, 0.6 points, 0.9 boards and 0.7 assists
- Played nearly three minutes of the season-opening win over Cleveland State and had an assist
- Had the first points of her career, scoring four points at Texas State on 2-of-3 shooting
- Also had two rebounds and an assist in a career-high 15:56 of action vs. the Bobcats
- Had two assists and two steals in the win over Mercer
- Saw action in the win at Wright State
- Pulled down a rebound in the win at Central Michigan
- played over six minutes against Western Michigan, with three points and an assist
- Hit her first career three-point field goal in the victory vs. the Broncos
- Played five-plus minutes against Eastern Michigan and had a rebound, and also saw action at Ball State
- Saw over 10 minutes of action in the win over Akron, and had three rebounds, two steals and a +5 plus/minus rating
- Played 14:26 at Miami, and had three rebounds, two assists and a steal
- Saw two minutes of court time at Buffalo, and played over six minutes vs. Kent State
- Played 11:56 against Northern Illinois, with a point and a rebound
- Was on the court for a career-high 21:45 at Toledo, with an assist and a steal
- Saw over nine minutes of action against Ohio, with a career-high three assists and no turnovers
- Played four minutes vs. Troy
- Saw six minutes of action in the home game vs. Toledo, and led the team with two steals
- Played 12 minutes and had an assist in the win at Akron
- Had three points, two boards and two assists in 19 minutes in the victory at NIU
- HIt a three-pointer for the second consecutive game, with three points and an assist against Buffalo
- Had two rebounds, two steals and a plus/minus rating of +12 in the win over Miami
- Played 12-plus minutes of the win at Western Michigan, with three rebounds, two assists and some stellar defense, particularly in the opening half as BGSU built a 25-point lead at the break
- Had a rebound and a steal in eight minutes at Eastern Michigan
- Played 13 minutes vs. Buffalo in the MAC Tournament, with two rebounds a steal and two charges taken
- Was on the court for 13:30 of the WNIT game at Butler, and had two rebounds
2022-23 | Freshman
- Played in five games off the bench
- Had four assists, two rebounds and a steal in less than 16 minutes of action on the year
- After missing most of the non-conference schedule due to injury, was in uniform for the Findlay game on Dec. 30
- Made her collegiate debut vs. the Oilers, with a rebound, an assist and a steal in five-plus minutes of action
- Played three minutes vs. Central Michigan and had an assist
- Saw action in the Falcons' win over Miami
- Had an assist in the victory at Ohio
- Pulled down a rebound and added an assist in the MAC Tournament win over Eastern Michigan
Buckeye Central High School |
New Washington, Ohio |
- Earned a pair of letters at Buckeye Central H.S. ('22) for coach Abram Kaple
- Spent her freshman and sophomore years at Seneca East H.S.
- The Ohio Division IV Player of the Year at a senior
- Averaged 17.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 6.4 steals per game for the Buckettes that season, shooting nearly 50 percent (49.7%) from the field and 79.1% from the FT line
- Also was named the Division IV Northwest District co-Player of the Year, Division IV District 6 P-O-Y and the Northern 10 Athletic Conference P-O-Y, and was selected to the first team in all three cases
- Helped the team capture a sixth consecutive district championship
- The Buckettes went 26-2 and advanced all the way to the state semifinals
- Never lost a conference game during her entire playing career
- During her freshman year at Seneca East, the Tigers went a perfect 16-0 in the league
- Then, after missing her sophomore season due to injury, helped Buckeye Central go 32-0 in the Northern 10 over her final two seasons
- Set a school record with 179 steals as a senior, ranking 11th in the state of Ohio on the single-season steals list
- Had 17 steals in a February game vs. Bucyrus, after registering 15 steals in a November contest vs. Riverdale
- Also set the school's single-season scoring record with 496 points.
- Finished her high-school career with 1,025 points, despite missing an entire year due to injury.
- Averaged 13.7 points, 3.6 boards, 4.1 assists and 4.9 steals in 75 total games played.
- Had averaged 12.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.7 apg and 5.2 spg as a junior, as the team won league, sectional and district titles and advanced to the regional semifinals (Sweet 16)
- Named to the All-Northern 10 first team and earned all-district honors as well
- Had 10.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per contest as a freshman, earning all-league second-team accolades and also making the all-district squads.
- Named the Mansfield News Journal's co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2021-22
- Captained the team in her senior year
- Was her class Salutatorian
- National Honor Society member
Personal |
- Born in Tiffin, Ohio
- Plans to major in psychology at BGSU
- Hopes to become a school psychologist
- Daughter of Scott and Mary Siesel
- Has two brothers, Jacob and Jordan, and two sisters, Megan and Katelyn
- Cousin, Joe, played football at BG and was drafted by the NFL's New York Giants in 1966
- Played AAU ball for North Coast Showtime, coached by John Cahill
- Favorite athlete is Parker Phenicie, a fellow Buckeye Central alum
- Lists coach Abram Kaple as her biggest influence
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