2021 Soccer Roster
Roster
van der Vliet, Emely

Jersey Number 20
Emely van der Vliet
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rosmalen, Netherlands
- Previous School:
- Rodenborch College
Bio
Awards and Honors
- All-OVC First Team: 2020-21
- OVC All-Newcomer Team: 2020-21
- OVC Freshman of the Year: 2020-21
- OVC All-Tournament Team: 2021
- OVC Offensive Player of the Week (4/5/21)
- 2021 OVC Preseason Player to Watch
- OVC Medal of Honor (2020-21)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020-21)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
2020-21: Named to All-OVC first team…Named OVC Freshman of the Year…Garnered OVC All-Newcomer honors...Tabbed OVC Offensive Player of the Week (Apr. 5) after posting a hat trick against Eastern Kentucky...Played and started in all 11 games for the Skyhawks…Tallied seven goals and one assist…Averaged 0.64 goals per game…Scored 15 points…Averaged 1.36 points per game…Led the OVC in goals (seven), shots (40) and shots on goal (24)…Ranked amongst OVC leaders in game-winning goals (three, second) and points (15, fifth)…Posted goals against Eastern Illinois (March 2), Tennessee Tech (March 26), Austin Peay (March 30), Eastern Kentucky (Apr. 2) and Southeast Missouri (Apr. 6)…Notched an assist on game-winning goal against Belmont (March 5)…Scored a season-high three goals against Eastern Kentucky (Apr. 2) while becoming the seventh player in program history to record a hat trick…Recorded game-winning goals against Eastern Illinois (March 2), Tennessee Tech (March 26) and Eastern Kentucky (Apr. 2)…Tallied 40 shot attempts while placing 24 on goal…Averaged 3.65 shots per game…Played 952 minutes, including a season-high 107 minutes against Jacksonville State (March 23)…Named OVC Medal of Honor recipient…Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll…Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
Before UTM: Attended Avans College in Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands...Spent the 2019-20 season with club team Nooit Gedacht...Went 11-1-2 and were in second place in the league before the season halted due to COVID-19...Made it to the final of the Dutch National Women's Cup...Played 2,005 minutes last season...Played in 25 games and scored 21 goals...Prepped at Rodenborch College in Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands...Named to the pre-selection roster fo the U15 Dutch National Team...Played on the U16 National shadow team for the Netherlands in 2016...Had a training internship at CTO Eindhoven...Played in the National Soccer Confederation from ages 11 to 17...Played on the top male amateur club teams...Graduated Cum Laude with a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal: Born on March 5, 2000...Daughter of Mark and Raymonde van der Vliet...Has one sibling, Niels...Majoring in sports management.
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