Bowling Green State University Athletics
2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 3
Emilie Gardner
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Anthony Wayne
- Hometown:
- Whitehouse, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Pacesetter SC
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Bowling Green |
July 18, 2024 - Sentinel Tribune: Gardner Sisters' Impact Felt at BGSU (subscription may be required)
2024 | Fifth Year
- Missed the entire season due to injury
2023 | Senior
- Named to the Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators
- Also named to the Academic All-MAC Team, earning that honor for the second-straight season
- Played in 17 of BGSU's 18 matches, starting all 17 of those contests
- Had three assists on the season
- In MAC games only, was ninth in assists per game (0.30) and tied for ninth in total assists (3)
- Made her first collegiate start in the season opener at nationally-ranked Michigan State, playing a career-high 53 minutes vs. the Spartans
- Was on the pitch for all 90 minutes of the match at Cincinnati
- Started the home opener vs. Loyola Chicago, and played 59 minutes of that shutout win
- Also played 59 minutes in the win at Detroit Mercy
- One of just two Falcons to play all 90 minutes of the match at nationally-ranked Pittsburgh
- Played 87 minutes vs. nationally-ranked Notre Dame
- Saw 73 minutes of time in the Falcons' MAC-opening win at Toledo
- Played all 90 minutes vs. Western Michigan, helping the Falcons keep a second-straight clean sheet
- Again was on the field for every second as BG posted another shutout, this time over Akron
- Played all 90 minutes of the Falcons' shutout win at Ohio
- The Falcons allowed only 10 total shots on goal in those first four MAC matches (UT, WMU, UA and Ohio)
- Was on the field for all 90 minutes of the victory at Miami
- Missed the Eastern Michigan match due to injury
- Was back in the starting lineup for the Kent State match, playing 73 minutes
- Played all 90 matches at BGSU recorded a shutout at Buffalo
- Had her first -- and her second -- career assist in the win over Central Michigan
- Picked up an assist just 13 seconds into the match on a Maya Dean goal
- Then, assisted on Dean's second goal of the night in the 14th minute
- Played all 90 minutes and had two shots, including one on goal, vs. the Chippewas
- For the second-straight game, had an assist on the game-winning goal as BG beat Ball State, 2-1
- Her long free kick led to a goal by her sister, Brynn Gardner, with just 28 seconds to go
- The assist was the third of her career, and the third in two games
- Similarly, she had a shot on goal, which was her second in as many games and the second of her career
- For her efforts in the CMU and BSU games, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Oct. 23
- The next day (Oct. 24), was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week
- One of just two Falcons to play all 90 minutes of the shutout win over Northern Illinois
- Played all 90 minutes in the MAC Tournament semifinal vs. Ohio as well
2022 | Junior
- Was named the BGSU Athletic Department's Community Service Individual of the Year -- an award that goes to just one person in the entire department -- at the 2023 Ziggys
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Played in 15 matches off of the bench
- Saw action in nine of the Falcons' 11 MAC matchups
- Came off the bench to play 16 minutes vs. Michigan State in the season opener
- Also saw 16 minutes of action against Cincinnati
- Played 25 minutes at nationally-ranked Tennessee
- Saw 22 minutes of action off the bench in BG's shutout win over Detroit Mercy
- Played 42 minutes of a second-straight shutout, helping hold Valparaiso to two total shot attempts in a 3-0 road win
- Was on the pitch for 39 minutes of the match at Xavier
- Came off the bench to play 31 minutes of the MAC opener vs. Toledo
- Played 17 second-half minutes at Western Michigan
- Came off the bench and played 14 minutes of the shutout win at Central Michigan, and saw action vs. Ball State as well
- Played a season- and then career-high 43 minutes at Akron, helping the Falcons keep a clean sheet
- Was on the pitch for 17 minutes of another 4-0 win, this time vs. preseason MAC favorite Ohio
- Played seven minutes as BG earned a fourth shutout in five matches, with a 1-0 win over Miami
- Saw 29 minutes of work in BGSU's 7-1 annihilation of Eastern Michigan
2021 | Sophomore
- Played in four matches on the year
- Played six minutes off of the bench in the season opener at Notre Dame
- Was on the field for 27 minutes, the highest total of her young career to that point, in the home-opening win over Oakland
- Played nine minutes, seeing action in both halves, in the win over Eastern Michigan
- Also played in both halves of the Falcons' win at Akron, seeing a total of 24 minutes of action
2020(-21) | Freshman
- Saw action in two matches off the bench
- Made her collegiate debut in the Falcons' regular-season opener, playing 10 minutes in a 3-0 win at Akron
- Played nine minutes in BG's win over Kent State at Cochrane Stadium
Anthony Wayne High School |
Whitehouse, Ohio |
- Earned three letters at Anthony Wayne H.S. (‘20) under coach Lori Williams (a BGSU alum)
- Named to the OSSCA All-Ohio First Team as a senior, and also was named to the USC All-Region Team
- Helped the Generals to a 50-5-6 record in her three years, including a 22-1-0 mark and a trip to the state championship match in her senior season
- The Generals captured the Northern Lakes League title and won sectional championships in all three seasons
- Named to the All-NLL First Team in her last two years after earning second-team honors as a sophomore
- A two-time all-district first-team member, she was named both the NLL co-Player of the Year and the District P-O-Y in 2019
- Her six goals as a senior included the lone goal in the Generals’ state semifinal win
- That came one game after she scored two goals in a 3-1 victory that sent AW to the final four
- Earned academic all-league, all-district, all-state and all-region accolades as well
- Also lettered in track, earning all-league and all-district honors in each of her two years
- National Honor Society treasurer
- Member of student council
Personal |
- Born in Whitehouse, Ohio
- Daughter of Brian and Angela Gardner
- Majoring in dietetics at BGSU
- The oldest of three children
- Has a sister, Brynn, and a brother, Braden
- Brynn also plays soccer at BGSU, having enrolled at BG in January of 2022
- Played club ball for Pacesetter SC
- Favorite athlete is Julie Ertz
- Lists her mother as her greatest influence
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