Bowling Green State University Athletics
2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 4
Emme Butera
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Willoughby South
- Hometown:
- Willoughby Hills, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Internationals SC
PRONUNCIATION
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2025 | Junior
2024 | Sophomore
2023 | Freshman
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Bowling Green |
- Named to the All-MAC First Team
- Played all 90 minutes of the season-opening win over Oakland, and was on the pitch for every second of the Illinois match
- Also played all 90 vs. Cleveland State
- Had an assist in the Falcons' win at Detroit Mercy, as Ellie Pool scored what proved to be the GWG off of her long pass forward
- Played all 90 minutes vs. Cincinnati, helping the Falcons keep a clean sheet against their Big 12 Conference foes
- Was on the pitch for every second of the come-from-behind win over Robert Morris
- Helped the Falcons keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 win over Duquesne
- Played every second of the 2-1 win over Kent State in the MAC opener
- Her free kick began the sequence that led to the winning goal vs. the Golden Flashes
- Had an assist in the 1-1 draw at Ohio
- Played a free kick into the box, where Gabby Lamparty headed it past the 'keeper in the 83rd minute
- Played all 90 minutes of the 1-1 tie vs. MAC preseason favorite Western Michigan
- Had an assist on BG's lone goal, as she curved a corner kick toward the far post for Lexi White to head home
- Came off the field for the first time all season, playing 'only' 66 minutes in the 4-0 win over Central Michigan
- Picked up an assist for the third-straight match, and it came on Emma Stransky's game-winner
- Played all 90 minutes at Toledo, with arguably BGSU's best scoring chance of the night
- Hit a shot from distance that hit the crossbar vs. the Rockets, in that 0-0 draw
- Was on the pitch for every second of the match at Eastern Michigan as well
- Played all 90 minutes against Miami, converting a penalty kick in the 82nd minute
- Also played all 90 minutes, primarily at a defender spot, as the Falcons posted a shutout win at Northern Illinois
- Played every second vs. Ball State as well, seeing action at several different positions on the field
- Had three shot attempts vs. the Cardinals
- Played all 90 minutes of the scoreless draw at Buffalo, with a shot on goal
- Was on the field for the entire Akron match, and began the sequence that led to BG's 90th-minute goal
- Won a challenge in the UA end, giving the ball to Stransky, who found Gabby Lamparty for a goal with 25 seconds to go
- Played all 90 minutes of the win at UMass as well, and her corner kick led to what proved to be the game-winning goal
- Played all 106-plus minutes of BGSU's 1-0, double-overtime win over Buffalo in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round
2024 | Sophomore
- An All-MAC Second-Team selection
- Named to the Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Started all 18 matches, playing every second of the first 17 (and all but 48 seconds of the final game)
- Tied for third on the team with seven points
- Had two goals and added three assists
- Made her first collegiate start in the season-opening win over Detroit Mercy, and played all 90 minutes
- Again played all 90 minutes against Findlay, scoring her first collegiate goal in that win
- Played every second of the match at Duquesne, with a pair of shot attempts
- Played the entirety of the Loyola game, firing two shots
- Was on the field for all 90 minutes of the win at Cleveland State, as BGSU held the Vikings to just one shot on goal
- Had an assist in that 2-0 victory as well
- For the second-straight game, helped the Falcons limit the opponent (Oakland) to one shot on goal over 90 minutes
- Played every second of the MAC-opening win at Ball State, and had an assist on the game-winning goal
- Her corner kick led directly to Alaina Uncapher's far-post header in the 55th minute in Muncie
- Was on the field for all 90 minutes of the win over Toledo, and had the primary assist on the GWG for the second-straight game
- Her serve led to Emma Stransky's goal that broke a 1-1 tie with just 6:43 to go in the win over the Rockets
- Played all 90 minutes vs. Ohio, and again vs. Miami three days later
- Was on the field for every second of the 2-1 win over Northern Illinois, as well as the Western Michigan game
- Played the entirety of the Buffalo match, too
- Led all players with four shot attempts at Central Michigan
- Played every second of the Eastern Michigan match, as the Falcons held the Eagles to just one shot on goal (and zero goals)
- Helped the second to a second-straight clean sheet at Akron, and drilled a shot from distance off of the crossbar
- Played all 90 minutes at Kent State, and scored a second-half Olimpico, curving her corner kick into the net
- For the first time all season, came off of the field in the second half of the MAC Tournament match at Ohio
- Was briefly shaken up after blocking an Ohio crossing attempt, and was forced to come out of the match
- Was on the sideline for only 48 seconds before returning
- Had two shots, including one on goal, vs. the Bobcats
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— BGSU Women’s Soccer (@BGSU_WSoccer) August 23, 2024
2023 | Freshman
- Played in all 18 of the Falcons' matches off the bench
- Wore uniform #24 as a freshman
- Made her BGSU debut in the season opener at nationally-ranked Michigan State, coming off the bench to play 39 minutes
- Played 25 minutes off the bench at Cincinnati, with a hard second-half shot that forced the UC 'keeper into a diving save
- Saw 32 minutes of action in the home opener vs. Loyola Chicago, and played 18 minutes at Detroit Mercy
- Played 11 minutes at nationally-ranked Pittsburgh, and had a shot on goal
- Saw 14 minutes of action vs. nationally-ranked Notre Dame
- Played 36 minutes of the Falcons' MAC-opening win at Toledo
- Played 24 minutes vs. Western Michigan and nine more vs. Akron, helping BG post shutouts in both matches
- Was on the field for nine minutes of the Falcons' win at Ohio
- Saw 12 minutes of action in the victory at Miami and 11 vs. Eastern Michigan, with a shot on goal in the latter win
- Played 39 minutes off the bench vs. Kent State, and saw 32 minutes of action at Buffalo
- Was on the field for 29 minutes of the win over Central Michigan
- Played 14 minutes of the victory at Ball State, and saw eight minutes of action in the win over Northern Illinois
- Saw 21 minutes of action in the MAC Tournament semifinal vs. Ohio
Willoughby South High School |
Willoughby, Ohio |
- Attended Willoughby South H.S. ('23) after previously attending Lake Catholic
- Was an All-Ohio Second-Team selection in 2021 for Lake Catholic
- Had 25 points on nine goals and seven assists that season
Personal |
- Born in Shelby, Ohio
- Daughter of Bryan and Trisha Butera
- Currently undecided on a major at BGSU
- Has two brothers, Hunter and Chase, and two sisters, Alli and Elle
- Mother played college basketball at Siena Heights as well as Lakeland
- Has played club ball for Internationals SC
- Favorite athlete is Julie Ertz
- Lists her mother as her biggest influence
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