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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019 Women's Soccer

11 Emily Berzolla

  • Position M
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Greenwich
  • Hometown Riverside, Conn.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Goals2Twice - Most Recently vs. Castleton (November 11, 2017)
Assists3vs. Salem State (September 18, 2017)
Points6vs. Castleton (November 11, 2017)
Shots9vs. Mount Holyoke (October 1, 2016)


2019: [SEASON STATS]
- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team
- D3Soccer.com All-America Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region First Team
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Year
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWISA All-Region First Team
- NEWISA Senior Bowl Selection
- Started in all 24 matches as a senior
- Helped MIT lead NCAA Division III as a team in goals against average (.162), save percentage (.941) and shutout percentage (.833)
- Offensively as a team ranked in the top ten nationally in goals, shots on goal per game, points, shots per game and assists
- Helped MIT break ten team records and to its third straight NEWMAC title
- Led MIT to its highest ranking in program history at No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches D3 National Poll
- Registered a career-high nine goals to go along with eight assists for 26 points
- Led the NEWMAC and the team in assists
- Posted three game winning goals
- Ended her career ranked second all-time in program history with 40 assists

2018:
[SEASON STATS]
- Google Cloud Academic All-America Third Team
- Google Cloud Academic All-District
- NEWISA All-Region
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Was part of a team that won its second straight NEWMAC Championship

2017: [SEASON STATS
- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- NEWISA All-Region First Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Registered a career-high seven goals, 16 assists and 30 points
- Her 16 assists ranked fifth in all of NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer in 2017
- Tied the program record for most assists in a single season
- Ranked first in the NEWMAC in assists, third in points and tenth in goals
- Also was first in the league as she went 3-for-3 in penalty kicks
- Scored the game-winning goal against Springfield (11/5) in the NEWMAC Championship game
- Was part of a team that had its best season in program history (20-2-1), reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012, won the NEWMAC Championship for the first time since 2011 and registered its highest national ranking of No. 12 in the United Soccer Division III poll

2016: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWISA All-New England Third Team
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- Ranked first on the team in assists, second in points and third in goals
- Earned her first collegiate point as an assist in a 3-0 win over Roger Williams on September 13
- In the very next game, registered her first collegiate goal at WPI on September 17
- Aided MIT women’s soccer to its best season in program history (17-6-1), to its fifth straight NEWMAC Regular Season Championship and its sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament

Off the Field at MIT: 
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Minoring in Spanish
- Interned at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Cor Medical Ventures
- Member of the SAAC.

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Greenwich High School
- Valedictorian
- Four-time soccer varsity letterwinner
- Captain
- All-State First Team
- All-FCIAC First Team
- FCIAC Scholar-Athlete and Team MVP in 2015
- Named Greenwich Scholar-Athlete of the Year and CIAC Scholar-Athlete prior to graduation
- All-FCIAC Second Team in 2014
- Led the team in goal (12) and assists (14) during her senior year as a center midfielder
- Also played lacrosse in high school
- National Honor Society
- National Science Honor Society
- National Spanish Honor Society
- President of the STEM Club and Treasurer of the SPIE Club
- Perkins Silver Flask Award for Excellence in Science
- National Merit Scholar
- Connecticut Governor's Scholar
- Award for Excellence in Math and Science presented by Sikorsky Aircraft and Fairfield University
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Harvard Book Award
- Four-time Math and Science Department Award winner
- Three-time Social Studies and Language Department Award winner
- English Department Award winner
- National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist in 2014 and 2016, Gold Medalist in 2015
- CJSA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship
- Valtarese Foundation Scholarship.

Club: 
- New York Soccer Club
- Captain
- Helped the team to the Disney Cup Championship in 2015 and 2016.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016First Year

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    2017Sophomore

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    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2018Junior

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    5'3"
    11
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    2019Senior

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    5'3"
    11