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Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Soccer - Ohio

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GIRLS SOCCER

Emma Stransky

Forward
COPLEY HS
AKRON, OHIO
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

44

Goals

20

Assists
“Emma is confident on the ball, makes intelligent movements on the field and can take over a game in an instant. Good players take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. Great players create those opportunities for themselves and their teammates. This would be an understatement for Emma.”
Colin Curtis
Head Coach - head coach of Highland High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-3 senior forward led the Indians to a 22-0-1 record and the Division II state championship this past season. Stransky scored 44 goals and passed for 20 assists, including the lone goal in Copley’s win over Waynesville High in the state final. The Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association’s Miss Soccer winner, Stransky netted 19 goals in Copley’s seven-game postseason run to the state title. An All-District selection as a freshman, she played exclusively with her club soccer team as a sophomore and junior.

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Academic Achievement

Stransky has maintained a weighted 4.42 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at Bowling Green University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Stransky has volunteered locally with NAMI Summit County, a mental health service center. She has also donated her time as a PGT (Personal Growth Thursdays) group leader and as a youth soccer coach.